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Scottish Fiction and the British Empire
Douglas S. Mack
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Description for Scottish Fiction and the British Empire
Paperback. Douglas Mack argues that non-elite, 'subaltern' Scottish writers actively challenged the elite's Imperial Grand Narrative and demonstrates that Scottish fiction was active and influential both in shaping and in subverting the assumptions that underpinned the Empire. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1QDB; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Scotland was an active -- albeit junior -- partner in the British Empire. But the poorer and more marginalised parts of Scottish society shared something of Ireland's experience of being at the receiving end of British Imperial power. This created a long-lasting, complex, and eloquent debate among Scottish novelists about the nature of Scotland's involvement in the power-structures of British society. Some Scottish writers, such as Sir Walter Scott and John Buchan, did much to generate and promote Imperial Britain's sense of itself, and these authors tended to be part of the Scottish elite. However, an alternative strand of ... Read more
Scotland was an active -- albeit junior -- partner in the British Empire. But the poorer and more marginalised parts of Scottish society shared something of Ireland's experience of being at the receiving end of British Imperial power. This created a long-lasting, complex, and eloquent debate among Scottish novelists about the nature of Scotland's involvement in the power-structures of British society. Some Scottish writers, such as Sir Walter Scott and John Buchan, did much to generate and promote Imperial Britain's sense of itself, and these authors tended to be part of the Scottish elite. However, an alternative strand of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748618149
SKU
V9780748618149
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About Douglas S. Mack
The late Douglas S. Mack was formerly Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Stirling.
Reviews for Scottish Fiction and the British Empire
...it is a welcome addition to the body of criticism on the international contexts of Scottish Literature... BARS Bulletin and Review Mack's study is impressive in its ability to trace connections between such diverse texts as, for instance, Scott's Waverley and Buchan's Prester John, and in its smooth transitions between detailed analyses of individual novels, biographical sketches of both authors, ... Read more