Empires and revolutions : Cunninghame Graham and his contemporaries / edited by Carla Sassi and Silke Stroh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

David Milne Fund.

Sassi, Carla, editor.

Stroh, Silke, editor.

Series:

Occasional papers (Association for Scottish Literary Studies) ; no. 22.

Occasional papers ; number 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine), 1852-1936.

English literature--Scottish authors.

Criticism and interpretation.

Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine), 1852-1936--Criticism and interpretation.

Cunninghame Graham, R. B.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

English literature--Scottish authors--19th century.

English literature--Scottish authors--20th century.

Imperialism in literature.

Revolutions in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xviii, 173 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Glasgow : Scottish Literature International, 2017.

Summary:

The European age of empires is inextricably linked with the spread of revolutionary discourses (in terms of race, nation or social class): the quest for emancipation, political independence, and economic equality. R.B. Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936), in both his life and his oeuvre, represents the complex interaction between imperial and revolutionary discourses in this dramatic period. Throughout his life he was an outspoken critic of injustice and inequality, and his appreciation of the demands and customs of diverse territories and contrasting cultures were hallmarks of his life, his political ideas, and his writing. These essays explore the expression of these ideas in the works of Cunninghame Graham and of other Scottish writers of the period.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the David Milne Fund.

ISBN:

9781908980250

1908980257

OCLC:

949911063

Publisher Number:

99976673812