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  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av James McGonigal
    120,-

    James McGonigal's new Second Edition of this SCOTNOTE covers the entirety of Morgan's work throughout his long and hugely productive life, and is an ideal guide for senior school pupils and students to Morgan's overflowing creativity.

  • av Allan Cunningham
    190,-

    A selection of folk stories steeped in the traditions and popular literature of southern Scotland and northern England. Originally published in 1822, Cunningham's Traditional Tales form an essential part of folkloric history, as well as being fascinating stories in their own right.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Alan Riach
    120,-

    Alan Riach's SCOTNOTE study guide outlines MacDiarmid's life and work, providing an overview of the poet's beliefs, opinions and influences, for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - Literature and Society in Scotland 1918-1939
     
    190,-

    "Modernism and Nationalism: Literature and Society in Scotland 1918-1939" is an edited collection of primary sources from the twentieth-century interwar Scottish literary renaissance, and is an important contribution to our understanding of the period.

  • av Nicola J. Watson
    275,-

    Exploring the potent appeal that links books, places, authors and readers, these essays examine tourism in the Trossachs both before and after 1810. It considers how Sir Walter's writings responded to the landscape, history and literature of the region, and traces his impact on the tourists, authors and artists who thronged in his wake.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Ronald W. Renton
    120,-

    Ronald Renton's SCOTNOTE study guide examines two major works by Neil Munro: "John Splendid" and "The New Road". The historical, cultural and political backgrounds of each novel are discussed and contrasted. This guide is suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av David Manderson
    120,-

    David Manderson's SCOTNOTE study guide considers the impact of Local Hero on the Scottish film industry and the rest of the world, while evaluating the film's influence on Scottish filmmakers. These notes are suitable for media studies students, senior school pupils and students of all levels.

  • - The Cuillin 1939 and Unpublished Poems
    av Sorley MacLean
    186,-

    This new edition of Sorley MacLean's major poem 'An Cuilithionn' ('The Cuillin'), in Gaelic with English translation, includes 400 lines never before published, plus an extended commentary. A further 45 poems from MacLean's papers appear in print for the first time, with facing English versions.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Emma Dymock
    120,-

    Emma Dymock's SCOTNOTE study guide offers a detailed study of Sorely MacLean's poetry. It also includes close readings of selected poems that best represent his key themes and ideas. This Scotnote is ideal for senior school pupils and students of all ages as a general introduction or as a starting point for more in-depth study.

  • - Voices from Scotland in a Post-Devolution Age
    av Marie-Odile Pittin-Hedon
    290,-

    The Space of Fiction shows how contemporary Scottish novelists illuminate a post-national, cosmopolitan, multicultural and even globalised Scotland. Professor Pittin-Hedon explores their notions of space and place, and questions the impact of fiction on the nature of identity.

  • - Relationships and Reconfigurations
     
    350,-

    This collection of fourteen essays illustrates the strongly international and modernist dimension of Scotland's interwar revival, and illuminates the relationships between Scottish and non-Scottish writers and contexts. It also includes two chapters on the contribution made to this revival by Scottish visual art and music.

  • - The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago
    av Margaret Oliphant
    156,-

    Kirsteen, from an old but impoverished family, rebels against her father and flees to London. Against the odds she finds work, striving for independence against a world determined to drag her down. Written in the late 1800s, Kirsteen is a startlingly modern novel in its treatment of women and work.

  • - Contexts and Contemporaries
     
    350,-

    George MacDonald is the acknowledged forefather of later fantasy writers such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. This collection of 16 essays examines MacDonald's place in the Victorian literary scene, his engagement with his contemporaries and his interest in the social, political, and theological movements of his age.

  • - The Collected Poems of Marion Bernstein
    av Marion H. Bernstein
    180,-

    A Song of Glasgow Town contains all of Bernstein's 198 published poems, along with a detailed introduction to her life and work, and extensive notes explaining the background to each poem. These verses provide a fascinating insight into Glasgow in the late Victorian age, at a time of unprecedented social and economic change.

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

    John Burns' SCOTNOTE study guide examines the social and philosophical backgrounds of Spence's work, exploring the ties between the surface events and the deeper currents beneath. These notes are suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

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

    Christopher Nicol's SCOTNOTE study guide examines Anne Donovan's novel "Buddha Da", its tripartite structure, its characters and its language, and addresses the larger questions of philosophy and spirituality that it raises. These notes are suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - Selected Poems
    av Sir David Lyndsay
    190,-

    As a writer, Lyndsay is known for his play, "Ane Satyre of The Thrie Estaitis", a comic commentary on church and state. This work contains selected poems, annotations and references. It provides notes which illustrates Lyndsay's language and the contemporary references and biographical information. It discusses features of Lyndsay's poetry.

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

    John Corbett's SCOTNOTE study guide examines the historical background to Sir David Lyndsay's A Satire of the Three Estates, explores the play's language and style, and gives a concise introduction to this key work in the Scottish theatrical tradition. These notes are suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av David Manderson
    120,-

    David Manderson's SCOTNOTE study guide explores the background of the Rob Roy story, and shows how this tale has been retold as a modern film. It also examines the language of film, cinematography, sound and other elements of the film-maker's art. These notes are suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - And Other Educational Writing
    av Elizabeth Hamilton
    156 - 360,-

    The Cottagers of Glenburnie is a fascinating example of early 19th-century women's fiction. This volume is the only edition available in print, and it comes with a glossary and notes for scholars and students.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Christopher Nicol
    116,-

    Christopher Nicol's SCOTNOTE study guide examines Ian Rankin's "Rebus" novel Black & Blue. The complex, multilayered narrative is untangled, the characters studied and the novel's social and psychological undercurrents explored. This guide is suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - Cross-Currents in Eighteenth-Century Scottish Literature
     
    290,-

  • - Five Plays by James Bridie
    av James Bridie
    210,-

    Includes "The Sunlight Sonata", "A Sleeping Clergyman", "Mr Bolfry", and "Daphne Laureola", along with, "The Anatomist": the tale of Dr Knox and his relationship with Edinburgh's notorious bodysnatchers, Burke and Hare. All the plays, in this work, are accompanied by notes and a glossary.

  • - Plays by Glasgow Unity Writers
     
    210,-

    Growing out of roots planted in the Great Depression and the chaos of the Second World War, Glasgow Unity Theatre grew into the most celebrated and influential of mid-twentieth century Scottish theatre companies. This work contains acting scripts of five of their most important plays, including Ena Lamont Stewart's "Men Should Weep".

  • - Five Classic Plays in Scots Translation
     
    190,-

    "Serving Twa Maisters" brings together five plays in Scots translation, along with scholarly editorial notes and a full glossary.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av A. MacGillivray
    116,-

    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 three novels by Iain Banks.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Christine Robinson
    120,-

    Christine Robinson's SCOTNOTE study guide explores and explains this novel's complex plot, its characters and its creative use of language. This guide is suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - Read by Edwin Morgan, with Commentary by Professor Roderick Watson
    av E. Morgan
    156,-

    Each poem in this CD is read by Edwin Morgan, followed by commentary by Professor Roderick Watson of the University of Stirling. This CD serves as a tool for classroom study.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Dr. Margery Palmer McCulloch
    120,-

    Margery Palmer McCulloch's SCOTNOTE study guide provides a background to the history and to the dramatic presentation, as well as giving an overview of the modern context of Lochhead's play, for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

  • - (Scotnotes Study Guides)
    av Gerard Carruthers
    116,-

    Gerard Carruthers' SCOTNOTE study guide focuses on three novels: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Master of Ballantrae, and The Ebb-Tide. Suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

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