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A History of Scottish Women's Writing

Douglas Gifford editor Dorothy McMillan editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Published:22nd Jul '97

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This is the first comprehensive critical analysis of Scottish women's writing from its recoverable beginnings to the present day. Essays cover individual writers - such as Margaret Oliphant, Nan Shepherd, Muriel Spark and Liz Lochhead - as well as groups of writers or kinds of writing - such as women poets and dramatists, or Gaelic writing and the legacy of the Kailyard. In addition to poetry, drama and fiction, a varied body of non-fiction writing is also covered, including diaries, memoirs, biography and autobiography, didactic and polemic writing, and popular and periodical writing for and by women.

A real treasure-trove ... amazinglycomprehensive ... Wonderful The volume provides insightful and reasoned critical evaluations... the collection is comprehensive This volume ... fills a long-standing gap... The uniformly high standard of essays in this ambitious volume render it an extremely useful tool for anyone with an interest in either women's or Scottish writing. E -- lizabeth Hagglund, University of Birmingham A real treasure-trove ... amazinglycomprehensive ... Wonderful The volume provides insightful and reasoned critical evaluations... the collection is comprehensive This volume ... fills a long-standing gap... The uniformly high standard of essays in this ambitious volume render it an extremely useful tool for anyone with an interest in either women's or Scottish writing. E

ISBN: 9780748609161

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1294g

752 pages