Scottish Studies

Author : Shane Alcobia-Murphy
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443802215

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What Rough Beasts? Irish and Scottish Studies in the New Millennium by Shane Alcobia-Murphy Pdf

What Rough Beasts presents an innovative and diverse collection of new research papers which investigate key literary and historical issues in Irish and Scottish Studies, providing a view onto the range of current research interests both within and across the two disciplines. From a selection of papers presented at an AHRC-sponsored conference held at the University of Aberdeen, the volume showcases original material by both emergent and established scholars. Opening up illuminating conversations between often diverse areas of study, this book covers issues including: poetry and violence; film and drama; history and historiography; ethnography and literature; the politics of representation.

Author : John M. Kirk,Iseabail |Macleod
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401209908

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Scots: Studies in its Literature and Language by John M. Kirk,Iseabail |Macleod Pdf

The skillful use of the Scots language has long been a distinguishing feature of the literatures of Scotland. The essays in this volume make a major contribution to our understanding of the Scots language, past and present, and its written dissemination in poetry, fiction and drama, and in non-literary texts, such as personal letters. They cover aspects of the development of a national literature in the Scots language, and they also give due weight to its international dimension by focusing on translations into Scots from languages as diverse as Greek, Latin and Chinese, and by considering the spread of written Scots to Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Australia. Many of the essays respond to and extend the scholarship of J. Derrick McClure, whose considerable impact on Scottish literary and linguistic studies is surveyed and assessed in this volume.

Author : Michael Lynch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Scotland
ISBN : 9780199234820

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The Oxford Companion to Scottish History by Michael Lynch Pdf

Searchable online reference covers more than 20 centuries of history, and interpret history broadly, covering areas such as archaeology, climate, culture, languages, immigration, migration, and emigration. Multi-authored entries analyze key themes such as national identity, women and society, living standards, and religious belief across the centuries in an authoritative yet approachable way. The A-Z entries are complemented by maps, genealogies, a glossary, a chronology, and an extensive guide to further reading.--From title screen.

Author : T. M. Devine,Jenny Wormald
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199563692

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The Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History by T. M. Devine,Jenny Wormald Pdf

A landmark study which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of the nation's history since the sixteenth century, as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention. Places the Scottish experience firmly in an international historical experience.

Author : Edward J Cowan
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748679553

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Scottish History by Edward J Cowan Pdf

This book examines the power of the past upon the present. It shows how generations of Scots have exploited and reshaped history to meet the needs of a series of presents, from the conquest of the Picts to the refounding of Parliament.Dauvit Broun, Fiona Watson, and Steve Boardman explore the violent manipulations of the past in medieval Scotland. Michael Lynch questions well-entrenched assumptions about the Scottish Reformation. Roger Mason looks at the transformation of 'Highland barbarism' into 'Gaelicism'. Ted Cowan examines the 'Killing Times' of the covenanters, and David Allan the seventeenth century fashion for creative family history. Colin Kidd discovers the victims of Pictomania in Scotland and modern Ulster, and Murray Pittock uncovers the comparable mania driving Jacobitism. Richard Finlay links the cult of Victoria with the queen's idea of herself as the heiress of the Scottish monarchy. Catriona MacDonald considers the neglect of women and the dangers of reconstructing history to suit modern sensitivities. Finally David McCrone provides a sociologist's perspective on the continuing dialogue between the past and the present.By exploring how the people of Scotland have variously understood, used and been inspired by the past this book offers a series of insights into the concerns of previous generations and their understanding of themselves and their times. It throws fresh light on the evolution of history in Scotland and on the actions and ambitions of the Scots who have formed and reformed the nation.

Author : Anthony Cooke,Ian Donnachie,Ann MacSween,Christopher A. Whatley
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788854290

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Modern Scottish History: 1707 to the Present by Anthony Cooke,Ian Donnachie,Ann MacSween,Christopher A. Whatley Pdf

This is the first volume of a distance-learning history of Scotland course. The 26 major topics are covered in five books, designed for self-study and written to accompany the course. These volumes are: two tutorial volumes, two volumes of reprinted articles and essays, and a volume of documents. The first half of the course covers the period 1707 to 1850. Beginning with the Union of 1707 and Jacobitism, the course considers topics, including: industrialization, politics, religion, the environment, class, demography and culture, as well as looking at the differences between Highland and Lowland society and economy. The project team for this part of the course includes: C.G. Brown, G. Carruthers, A.J. Cooke, I. Donnachie, W.H. Fraser, M.T.G. Fry, B. Harris, A.I. Macinnes, I. Maver, T.C. Smout, N.L. Tranter, C.A. Whatley, I.D. Whyte and D.J. Withrington. The period 1850 to the present is covered in the second half of the course. Again, a wide range of topics is studied and some topics, such as industrialization, demography, urbanization, religion, class, education, culture, and Highland and Lowland society is continued. The project team for this second part of the course includes: R.D. Anderson, R. Anthony, C.G. Brown, E.A. Cameron, R.J. Finlay, J.O. Foster, C. Harvie, W. Kenefick, R.A. Lambert, I. Levitt, A.J. MacIvor, R.J. Morris and P.L. Payne.

Author : Geoff Holder
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752481999

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Bloody Scottish History: Edinburgh by Geoff Holder Pdf

Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful cities in the world – with one of the darkest histories on record. Sweeping through the centuries in a blood-soaked catalogue of assaults, assassinations and all-out attempts at annihilation, this volume reveals the hideous tapestry of death, disease and disaster that lies beneath Edinburgh’s stunning façade. You’ll never see the city in the same way again...

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : National characteristics, Scottish
ISBN : UOM:39015068986531

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Scottish Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Glendinning Miles Glendinning
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : ARCHITECTURE
ISBN : 9781474468503

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History of Scottish Architecture by Glendinning Miles Glendinning Pdf

At last - here is a single volume authoritative history of Scottish architecture. This compact yet comprehensive account combines factual description of the vast and fertile range of visual forms and key architects in each period with a wide-ranging analysis of their social, ideological and historical context. As Scotland has often been closely involved with new trends in western architecture, this book highlights the interaction of Scottish developments with broader European and international movements. From the beginnings of the Renaissance in the 15th century right up to the 1990s ,this much-needed survey covers the entire post-medieval story in one volume.

Author : Scottish History Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Scotland
ISBN : UOM:39015048380904

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Publications of the Scottish History Society by Scottish History Society Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : English literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133485727

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Scottish Studies Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Douglas Gifford
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 741 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780748672660

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History of Scottish Women's Writing by Douglas Gifford Pdf

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.

Author : Gerard Carruthers,Liam McIlvanney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521189361

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The Cambridge Companion to Scottish Literature by Gerard Carruthers,Liam McIlvanney Pdf

A unique introduction, guide and reference work for students and readers of Scottish literature from the pre-medieval period.

Author : Sul H Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781135796440

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Improved Access to Information by Sul H Lee Pdf

Connect patrons with the information they seek with these promising electronic tools! Improved Access to Information: Portals, Content Selection, and Digital Information focuses on how you can improve access to information using electronic reference resources. This book features nine of America’s leading library administrators who give their perspectives, observations, and stipulations on how to meet the research needs of patrons in a digital age. This timely resource is relevant to senior library administrators in the process of developing electronic tools and services. Improved Access to Information addresses the current library issue of how to utilize scarce resources to provide an ever-increasing amount of electronic information to an ever-expanding user base. The use of portals and their advantages are discussed in detail and from the different perspectives of information providers and users. Several authors offer instructive graphs, tables, and other illustrations to emphasize their findings. In Improved Access to Information, you’ll learn more about: the variety of groups that libraries serve cooperative collection development the balance of print and electronic resources the evolvement of collection development in libraries to the concept of knowledge development the implementation of portals in research libraries the factors influencing the selection of electronic resources digitizing unique collections for preservation and improved access The product of the 2003 University of Oklahoma Libraries annual conference, Improved Access to Information offers library administrators new approaches for overcoming the proliferation of electronic information and making it readily available to users. This book will help you provide essential research services to your users and secure your patron base.

Author : Russell Andrew McDonald
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802036015

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History, Literature, and Music in Scotland, 700-1560 by Russell Andrew McDonald Pdf

McDonald brings together contributions from scholars working in different disciplines but with a common interest in this history and society of Scotland between AD 700 and AD 1560.