Scottish Literature and Postcolonial Literature: Comparative Texts and Critical Perspectives
ISBN: 9780748652143
Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / Edinburgh University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
Subjects: Literary Studies (Postcolonial Literature) Literary Studies (British and Irish) Literary Theory and Cultural Studies;

The first full-length study of Scottish literature using a post-devolutionary understanding of postcolonial studies. Using a comparative model and spanning over two hundred years of literary history from the 18th Century to the contemporary, this collection of 19 new essays by some of the leading figures in the field presents a range of perspectives on Scottish and postcolonial writing. The essays explore Scotland's position on both sides of the colonial divide and also its role as instigator of a devolutionary process with potential consequences for British Imperialism.


Michael Gardiner is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick.

Graeme Macdonald is Lecturer at the University of Warwick.

Niall O'Gallagher is Honorary Research Associate at the University of Glasgow.

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