Edinburgh companion to twentieth-century Scottish literature / edited by Ian Brown and Alan Riach.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251) and index.

Introduction / Ian Brown and Alan Riach -- Arcades : the turning of the nineteenth century / Cairns Craig -- Scotland, empire and apocalypse from Stevenson to Buchan / Murray Pittock -- Literature and World War One / Trevor Royle -- Arcades : the 1920s and 1930s / Alan Riach -- Twentieth-century Scottish drama / Donald Smith and Ksenija Horvat -- The modern Scottish literary renaissance / Roderick Watson -- Scottish literature and World War Two / Douglas Gifford -- Arcades : the 1940s and 1950s / Moira Burgess -- The poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid and W.S. Graham / John Corbett -- Post-war Scottish fiction : Mac Colla, Linklater, Jenkins, Spark and Kennaway / Bernard Sellin -- Arcades : the 1960s and 1970s / Ian Brown and Colin Nicholson -- The (b)order in modern Scottish Literature / Carla Sassi -- The seven poets generation / Robyn Marsack -- Language and identity in modern Gaelic verse / Michelle Macleod -- Arcades : the 1980s and 1990s / Michael Gardiner -- Scottish contemporary popular and genre fiction / Marie Odile Pittin-Hédon -- Poetry in the age of Morgan / Alan Riach -- Entering the twenty-first century / Ian Brown.

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This volume considers the major themes, texts and authors of Scottish literature of the twentieth and, so far, twenty-first century. It identifies the contexts and impulses that led Scottish writers to adopt their creative literary strategies. Moving beyond traditional classifications, it draws on the most recent critical approaches to open up new perspectives on Scottish literature since 1900. The volume's innovative thematic structure ensures that the most important texts or authors are seen from different perspectives whether in the context of empire, renaissance, war and post-war, literary genre, generation, and resistance. In order to provide thorough coverage, these thematic chapters are complemented by chronological 'Arcade' chapters, which outline the contexts of the literature of the period by decades, and by 'Overview' chapters which trace developments across the century in theatre, language and Gaelic literature. Taken together, the chapters provide a thorough and thought-provoking account of the century's literature. Key Features The first volume of its kind to offer accessible and authoritative insights into Scottish literature since 1900 Innovative structure allows for new ways of approaching Scottish writers and literary texts Draws on the most recent scholarship in the field from leading literary critics Includes a guide to further reading

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