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Edinburgh companion to Scottish romanticism / edited by Murray Pittock.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Romanticism--Scotland.
- Romanticism.
- Scottish literature--18th century--History and criticism.
- Scottish literature.
- Scottish literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- This is the first and only guide to Scottish Romanticism. It captures the best of critical debate as well as presenting exciting new approaches to a distinctively Scottish Romanticism in literary theory, religious studies, music and song and the thematic use of non standard English.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; INTRODUCTION What is Scottish Romanticism?; SECTION I The Scottish Public Sphere: Themes, Groups and Identities; CHAPTER ONE Ballads and Chapbooks; CHAPTER TWO Romantic Macpherson; CHAPTER THREE Scottish Song, Lyric Poetry and the Romantic Composer; CHAPTER FOUR Gaelic Literature and Scottish Romanticism; CHAPTER FIVE Travel Writing and the Picturesque; CHAPTER SIX Urban Space and Enlightened Romanticism; CHAPTER SEVEN Periodicals and Public Culture; CHAPTER EIGHT The Scottish National Tale; CHAPTER NINE Religion and Scottish Romanticism
- SECTION II Authors and TextsCHAPTER TEN Robert Burns and Romanticism in Britain and Ireland; CHAPTER ELEVEN Walter Scott's Romanticism: A Theory of Performance; CHAPTER TWELVE Byron; CHAPTER THIRTEEN John Galt's Fictional and Performative Worlds; CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner; CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Function of Linguistic Variety in Walter Scott's The Heart of Midlothian; Endnotes; Further Reading; Notes on Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613221735
- 9781283221733
- 128322173X
- 9780748646357
- 0748646353
- OCLC:
- 731646872
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