The International Companion to the Scottish Novel
€33.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781908980434 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Association for Scottish Literary Studies |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 370 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.578 |
| Publishing Date | 27/08/2025 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €31.98 |
| Tax | €1.92 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €33.90 |
| Availability | 2 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
Are novelists from Scotland, even internationally influential ones like Walter Scott or Muriel Spark, merely contributors to a wider English literature, or is there a separate and specific tradition of the Scottish novel that gives meaning and significance to their work? This INTERNATIONAL COMPANION assesses the work of Scottish novelists – writing in English, Scots and Gaelic – as contributions to national self-understanding and to a distinctive evolution of the most influential genre of the modern world. Tracing the development of the Scottish novel from the eighteenth century to the present day, and ranging from self-conscious experimentation to popular, mass-market fiction, it evaluates responses by critics, and critical responses by the novelists themselves, to reveal a sustained engagement with national identity and literary form.