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Author | : Caroline McCracken-Flesher |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2005-09-22 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0198037910 |
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No thanks to Walter Scott, Scotland has at last regained its parliament. If this statement sounds extreme, it echoes the tone that criticism of Scott and his culture has taken through the twentieth century. Scott is supposed to have provided stories of the past that allowed his country no future--that pushed it "out of history." Scotland has become a place so absorbed in nostalgia that it could not construct a politics for a changing world. Possible Scotlands disagrees. It argues that the tales Scott told, however romanticized, also provided for a national future. They do not tell the story of a Scotland lost in time and lacking value. Instead they open up a narrative space where the nation is always imaginable. This book reads across Scott's complex characters and plots, his many personae, his interventions in his nation's nineteenth-century politics, to reveal the author as an energetic producer of literary and national culture working to prevent a simple or singular message. Indeed, Scott invites readers into his texts to develop multiple and forward-looking interpretations of a Scotland always in formation. Scott's texts and his nation are alive in their constant retelling. Scott was an author for Scotland's new times.
Author | : Caroline McCracken-Flesher |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2005-09-22 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0190290870 |
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No thanks to Walter Scott, Scotland has at last regained its parliament. If this statement sounds extreme, it echoes the tone that criticism of Scott and his culture has taken through the twentieth century. Scott is supposed to have provided stories of the past that allowed his country no future--that pushed it "out of history." Scotland has become a place so absorbed in nostalgia that it could not construct a politics for a changing world. Possible Scotlands disagrees. It argues that the tales Scott told, however romanticized, also provided for a national future. They do not tell the story of a Scotland lost in time and lacking value. Instead they open up a narrative space where the nation is always imaginable. This book reads across Scott's complex characters and plots, his many personae, his interventions in his nation's nineteenth-century politics, to reveal the author as an energetic producer of literary and national culture working to prevent a simple or singular message. Indeed, Scott invites readers into his texts to develop multiple and forward-looking interpretations of a Scotland always in formation. Scott's texts and his nation are alive in their constant retelling. Scott was an author for Scotland's new times.
Author | : Iain McLean |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2014-05-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0748696393 |
Download Scotland's Choices Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Scotland faces its biggest choice since the 1707 union that made the United Kingdom - should Scotland be an independent country? The Yes and No campaigns are well under way but with the vote looming closer the information available to the public is still limited. What will happen after the referendum? What are the international implications? What about the UK's nuclear deterrant, currently housed in Scotland? What happens if the vote is 'No'? Is it even clear what independence will mean? What about the oil? What will the currency be? What will happen to the Old Age Pension pot if the UK splits? Scotland's Choices, now fully revised for the critical last few months before the referendum, does just that. Written by one former civil servant, one academic and one think-tanker - one a resident Scot, one a Scot living in England and one an Englishman - the authors clearly explain the issues you may not have considered and detail how each of the options would be put into place after the referendum.
Author | : Duncan McTavish |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2016-06-23 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1317391896 |
Download Politics in Scotland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Politics in Scotland is an authoritative introduction to the contemporary political landscape in Scotland and an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Scottish Politics. Written by leading experts in the field, it is coherently organised to provide a clear and comprehensive overview of a range of themes in contemporary Scottish Politics. Key topics include: • Government and electoral behaviour. • Representation and political parties in Scotland. • Public policy and Scotland’s relationship with the rest of the world. • Scottish politics both in the run up to and after the 2014 referendum. • The Future of Scottish government and politics. This textbook will be essential reading for students of Scottish politics, British Politics, devolution, government and policy.
Author | : Richard B. Sher |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 842 |
Release | : 2008-09-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0226752542 |
Download The Enlightenment and the Book Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their time in almost every field of polite literature and higher learning throughout Britain, Europe, and the Americas. In this magisterial history, Richard B. Sher breaks new ground for our understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. The Enlightenment and the Book seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as The Wealth of Nations and The Life of Samuel Johnson were written by authors who eyed their publishers as minor functionaries in their profession. To the contrary, Sher shows how the process of bookmaking during the late eighteenth-century involved a deeply complex partnership between authors and their publishers, one in which writers saw the book industry not only as pivotal in the dissemination of their ideas, but also as crucial to their dreams of fame and monetary gain. Similarly, Sher demonstrates that publishers were involved in the project of bookmaking in order to advance human knowledge as well as to accumulate profits. The Enlightenment and the Book explores this tension between creativity and commerce that still exists in scholarly publishing today. Lavishly illustrated and elegantly conceived, it will be must reading for anyone interested in the history of the book or the production and diffusion of Enlightenment thought.
Author | : Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 598 |
Release | : 1871 |
Genre | : Scotland |
ISBN | : |
Download Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Includes List of members.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 718 |
Release | : 1893 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
Download The Scottish Law Review and Reports of Cases in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Scotland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
Download The Public General Statutes Affecting Scotland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Hazel Genn |
Publisher | : Hart Publishing |
Total Pages | : 411 |
Release | : 2001-10 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1841130400 |
Download Paths to Justice Scotland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Reporting from a survey they conducted, legal scholars Genn (U. College London) and Paterson (Strathclyde U.) analyze on the behavior of the public in Scotland in dealing with non-trivial justiciable civil problems and disputes, as potential pursuers or potential defenders. They include the widest range of events experienced by individuals as private people for which legal remedies are available under the civil justice system. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Robert Sangster Rait |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Scotland |
ISBN | : |
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