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  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Ian McGhee
    114,-

    John Galt (1779-1839) was a contemporary of Walter Scott, Jane Austen, and Lord Byron. His writings are full of acute observation, penetrating psychological insight, rich Scots language and much humour. This SCOTNOTE examines two novels by Galt, which chronicle the changes in Scottish society in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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    av Moira Burgess
    120,-

    Moira Burgess's SCOTNOTE study guide covers three of Mitchison's historical novels: Early in Orcadia; The Big House; and Travel Light. The plots, and the author's beliefs and influences, are discussed and explained for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av David Goldie
    116,-

    This SCOTNOTE Study Guide explores the responses of Scottish poets to the First and Second World Wars, from the sometimes jingoistic optimism of the early days of 1914, to the horrors of the trenches, to the massed and mechanised brutalities of total war - not forgetting, too, the experiences on the Home Front and the traumas of memory.

  • av William Dunbar
    430,-

    Aimed at scholars of European Medieval and Renaissance literature, this work gives the text of various Dunbar poem and provides notes and reference material, allowing each poem to be studied. It contains introduction; a listing of textual variants in various early manuscripts and printings; notes on every poem; and a glossary.

  • - Cunninghame Graham and His Contemporaries
     
    280,-

    The European age of empires launched a process of capitalist globalisation that continues to the present day. It is also inextricably linked with the quest for emancipation, political independence, and economic equality. These essays explore these ideas in the works of R.B. Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936) and other Scottish writers of the period.

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    350,-

    John Galt (1779-1839) was a contemporary of Sir Walter Scott and Jane Austen, and a friend and biographer of Lord Byron. This INTERNATIONAL COMPANION examines Galt's writings in the social, economic, and religious contexts of their time.

  • - An Anthology of Scots Poetry from the First and Second Waves of the Scottish Renaissance
     
    220,-

    Beginning in the 1920s, the Scottish Renaissance saw Scottish writers increasingly engaged with social and political issues. Hugh MacDiarmid, his contemporaries, and the company of poets he inspired make up the first and second waves of the Renaissance. A Kist o Skinklan Things contains a selection of the best work from this extraordinary period.

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    350,-

    This International Companion examines the social, political and philosophical context of Macpherson's "poems of Ossian", their disputed origins, their impact on world literature, and the various critical afterlives of Macpherson and his creations.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Gillian Sargent
    120,-

    The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts. The individual authors are not only experts on a particular writer or text but also experienced in teaching in schools or colleges. This title covers Janice Galloway's novel The Trick is to Keep Breathing.

  • - Newspaper Poetry in Victorian Scotland
     
    236,-

    The People's Journal regularly published readers' letters, stories, and especially their poetry. Collected here are more than 100 examples, written by tradesmen and women, factory workers, servants, and others; their concerns and interests often chime, more than we might expect, with issues still very much current in the modern day.

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    350,-

    A range of leading international scholars provide the reader with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the extraordinary richness and diversity of Scotland's poetry, from early medieval texts to contemporary writers, examining English, Gaelic, Latin and Scots verse.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av John Hodgart
    114,-

    This study guide examines the roles of the individual characters in the play, and outlines the major themes in an approachable and accessible way. It also explores issues of set, dramatic technique and staging. This guide is suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

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    350,-

    Lewis Grassic Gibbon is one of the most important Scottish writers of the early twentieth century. This book gives a comprehensive overview of Gibbon's writing, placing him in the broader context of the social, political, and literary developments of his time, and provides readers with a comprehensive general introduction to his life and work.

  • - Cross-Currents in Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century
     
    346,-

    The nineteenth century saw the romanticisation of the Highlander, the rise of tartanry and the emergence of the modern Scottish tourist industry. This volume examines the literary culture of Scotland - Highland and Lowland - during this transformational period, and explore its interactions and intersections.

  • av David Pae
    180,-

    Mary Paterson is a high-Victorian tale of the foul deeds of Burke and Hare, who kept Edinburgh's anatomists supplied with freshly manufactured corpses. David Pae's galloping nineteenth-century novel not only provides a fascinating window into the popular Victorian imagination but is also a highly entertaining novel in its own right.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Linden Bicket
    116,-

    SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education.

  • - Scottish Identities, History and Contemporary Literature
     
    280,-

    At this key moment in Scotland's history, earlier identities are being re-examined and re-presented, and personal and cultural histories are being redefined and reconsidered. These eleven essays show how the re-creation and reimagination of Scottish culture, its identities and its tropes, are being developed by a range of leading Scottish writers.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Sarah Dunnigan
    120,-

    Sarah Dunnigan's SCOTNOTE study guide discusses a number of the most accessible Scottish ballads, exploring Scotland's ballad traditions, their historical roots and their cultural interpretations, for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - A Commentary
    av E. Morgan
    156,-

    Seventeen poems of Edwin Morgan, the contemporary Poet for Scotland, are presented here on this audio CD. Edwin Morgan reads his own poems, with commentary by Professor Roderick Watson of Stirling University.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av John Hodgart
    120,-

    John Hodgart's SCOTNOTE study guide examines two of Sue Glover's plays: Bondagers and The Straw Chair. Issues of set and staging are explored as well as the historical backgrounds and themes of the plays. This guide is suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Christopher Nicol
    120,-

    Christopher Nicol's SCOTNOTE study guide examines two of Linklater's novels, Private Angelo and The Dark of Summer. The social, cultural and political backgrounds of each novel are discussed and contrasted. This guide is suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - Resituating J. M. Barrie
     
    290,-

    As well as being the author of Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie was a hugely successful novelist and playwright. Gateway to the Modern is a collection of essays examining the extraordinary range of his literary achievement. What emerges is a significant writer, fully immersed in the literary and intellectual culture of his day.

  • - A Commentary
    av Iain Crichton Smith
    236,-

  • - A Commentary
    av Robert Louis Stevenson
    156,-

  • - A Commentary with Readings
    av James Hogg
    236,-

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av R.D.S. Jack
    120,-

    Ronald Jack's SCOTNOTE study guide examines a number of Dunbar's most important works and explains the background, history, language and influences for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Iain Crichton-Smith
    120,-

    The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education. This title covers the novel The House With the Green Shutters, by George Douglas Brown.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Christopher MacLachlan
    120,-

    Christopher MacLachlan's SCOTNOTE study guide examines three of Stevenson's most popular novels: Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Catriona. This guide is suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
     
    120,-

    John Blackburn's SCOTNOTE study guide analyses the religious, political and historical themes and patterns of Crichton Smith's work, and is a suitable guide for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - Scottish War Poetry 1914-1945
     
    180,-

    From the Line brings together the best of Scotland's poetry from the two World Wars: 138 poems, from fifty-six poets, are represented here; poetry from both men and women, from battlefields across the world and from the Home Front, too.

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