Scotland and the 19th-century world / edited by Gerard Carruthers, David Goldie and Alastair Renfrew.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carruthers, Gerard.

Goldie, David.

Renfrew, Alaistair.

Series:

Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 18.

Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; vol. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scottish literature.

Scottish literature--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The nineteenth century is often read as a time of retreat and diffusion in Scottish literature under the overwhelming influence of British identity. Scotland and the 19th-Century World presents Scottish literature as altogether more dynamic, with narratives of Scottish identity working beyond the merely imperial. This collection of essays by leading international scholars highlights Scottish literary intersections with North America, Asia, Africa and Europe. James Macpherson, Francis Jeffrey, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and John Davidson feature alongside other major literary and cultural figures in this groundbreaking volume.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction / Gerard Carruthers , David Goldie and Alastair Renfrew

Preparing for Renaissance: Revaluing Nineteenth-Century Scottish Literature / Douglas Gifford

Scotland, the USA, and National Literatures in the Nineteenth Century / Andrew Hook

Reviewing America: Francis Jeffrey, The Edinburgh Review and the United States / Pam Perkins

Alliance and Defiance in Scottish and American Outlaw-Hero Ballads / Suzanne Gilbert

Lateral Literary Biography: Robert Fergusson, Herman Melville and “Bartleby” / Susan Manning

The Military Kailyard: The Iconography of the Nineteenth-Century Soldier / Trevor Royle

“The Key to their Hearts”: Scottish Orientalism / Michael Fry

Exporting the Covenant: Scottish Missionary Tales and Africa, c.1870–c.1920 / Richard Finlay

From Slogan to Clan: Three Fragments from the Evolving Scottish/Germanic Literary Relations of the Romantic Period. / Johnny Rodger

Nietzsche in Glasgow: Alexander Tille, John Davidson and Edwin Muir / Ritchie Robertson

“The great affair is to move”: Stevenson’s Journeys / Kenneth Simpson

The Enchanted Worlds of Scott, Scotland, and the Grimms / Sarah Dunnigan

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-283-61015-9

9786613922601

94-012-0837-9

OCLC:

812570410

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401208376 DOI