"What countrey's this? and whither are we gone?" : papers presented at the twelfth International Conference on the Literature of Region and Nation, Aberdeen University, 30th July -- 2nd August 2008 / edited by J. Derrick McClure, Karoline Szatek-Tudor and Rosa E. Penna.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Conference on the Literature of Region and Nation, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

McClure, J. Derrick.

Szatek, Karoline.

Penna, Rosa E.

Conference Name:

International Conference on the Literature of Region and Nation (12th : 2008 : University of Aberdeen)

International Conference on the Literature of Region and Nation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--History and criticism--Congresses.

English literature.

Regionalism in literature--Congresses.

Regionalism in literature.

Nationalism in literature--Congresses.

Nationalism in literature.

Boundaries in literature--Congresses.

Boundaries in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In August 2008, the twelfth in a series of biennial conferences on the Literature of Region and Nation was held at Aberdeen University in the North-East of Scotland. Over fifty scholars, representing no fewer than twenty different countries, convened for the occasion; and twenty-two of the papers presented are included in this volume. As at previous conferences in the series, the papers range widely in approach, in subject-matter and in geographical coverage: readers of this book will find ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; A SONG FOR THE CONFERENCE; PART I; SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF BREOGÁN; NATIONALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS; "SILLY SCOTCH MUCK ABOUT COTTARS AND WOMEN"?; PART II; PICTURING POSTCOLONIALISM; THE WEARIN' O' THE DEEP GREEN; ISSUES OF MEMORY, ISSUES OF IDENTITY; "WILD MEN" AND "WILD NOTIONS"; FROM THE CAIRNGORMS TO THE CORDILLERA REAL; SOME USES OF ANIMALS IN LITERATURE; PART III; DISCONTENTED DONALD AND COMPATRIOTS; EXILES IN BABYLON; EXILED AT HOME; PART IV; HAG-RID BY DUMBLEDORES; JOHN JAMIESON AND HUGH MACDIARMID; "ALL LIVIN LANGUAGE IS SACRED"; "BOMBARDED WITH WORDS"

INDEFINITE IDENTITYPART V; ARCHAEOASTRONOMY IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST; RHYME(R) AND REASON; REGIONAL LITERATURES AND INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE; HYBRIDITY AND CULTURAL NEGOTIATION IN MOULOUD FERAOUN'S LA TERRE ET LE SANG (1953) AND LES CHEMINS QUI MONTENT (1957); TRUTH AND LIES SEEN THROUGH LITERATURE; CONTRIBUTORS; OTHER PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-283-14158-2

1-4438-2520-4

9786613141583

OCLC:

830168223