Author: Craig Lamont Publisher: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 1399506986 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 343
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Transforming academic and popular understanding of this pivotal but, until now, largely under-researched literary figure, this volume offers the first full and consistent edition of Allan Ramsay's prose. The volume contains all extant prose writings, from both manuscript and print sources. As well as all known letters, the volume includes prefaces, dedications and advertisements for Ramsay's major collections. It also contains Ramsay's anonymously-published Some Few Hints in Defence of Dramatical Entertainments, the full text of his influential collection of Scots Proverbs and significant prose from manuscript sources, including Ramsay's account of Edinburgh's Porteous Riots in April 1736 and notes on contemporary plays. In these works, we see Ramsay's consistent and steadfast commitment to preserving Scottish literary culture, and gain a privileged insight into Ramsay's personality, his priorities, ambitions and core beliefs.
Author: William Henry Oliphant Smeaton Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 127
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"Allan Ramsay" by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton is a biographical work that delves into the life and achievements of the renowned Scottish poet Allan Ramsay. Smeaton's narrative paints a vivid portrait of Ramsay's literary contributions and his impact on Scottish literature and culture. The book offers readers an insightful look into the artistic milieu of Ramsay's era, shedding light on his artistic journey and legacy.
Author: Gerard Carruthers Publisher: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 0748633103 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 240
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This guide combines detailed literary history with discussion of contemporary debates about Scottishness.The book considers the rise of Scottish Studies, the development of a national literature, and issues of cultural nationalism. Beginning in the medieval period during a time of nation building, the book goes on to focus on the 'Scots revival' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries before moving on to discuss the literary renaissance of the twentieth century. Debates concerning Celticism and Gaelic take place alongside discussion of key Scottish writers such as William Dunbar, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Thomas Carlyle, Margaret Oliphant, Hugh MacDiarmid, Alasdair Gray, Janice Galloway and Liz Lochhead. The book also considers emigre writers to Scotland; Scottish literature in relation to England, the United States and Ireland; and postcolonialism and other theories that shed fresh light on the current status and future of Scottish literature.
Author: Ian Brown Publisher: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 0748630643 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 400
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Between 1707 and 1918, Scotland underwent arguably the most dramatic upheavals in its political, economic and social history. The Union with England, industrialisation and Scotland's subsequent defining contributions throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the culture of Britain and Empire are reflected in the transformative energies of Scottish literature and literary institutions in the period. New genres, new concerns and whole new areas of interest opened under the creative scrutiny of sceptical minds. This second volume of the History reveals the major contribution made by Scottish writers and Scottish writing to the shape of modernity in Britain, Europe and the world.
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