The essay provides an innovative investigation of 20th century Scottish literature under the lens of Border theory. Defining Scotland as a 'borderland' it identifies figurations of the border in modern Scottish critical practice, and investigates how the notion of border takes a central and specific value in some among the most established modern Scottish writers.

The (B)order in Modern Scottish Literature

SASSI, Carla
2009-01-01

Abstract

The essay provides an innovative investigation of 20th century Scottish literature under the lens of Border theory. Defining Scotland as a 'borderland' it identifies figurations of the border in modern Scottish critical practice, and investigates how the notion of border takes a central and specific value in some among the most established modern Scottish writers.
2009
Inglese
STAMPA
The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Scottish Literature
I. Brown, A. Riach
Edinburgh University Press
9780748636945
145
155
11
Scottish literature; border theory
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268
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Sassi, Carla
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