GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748633111');This book presents a provocative and timely reconsideration of modern Scottish literature in the light of ecological thought. Louisa Gairn demonstrates how successive generations of Scottish writers have both reflected on and contributed t...

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Main Author:	Gairn, Louisa (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Subjects:	Literary Studies LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Ecology in literature > 19th century Scottish literature > History and criticism Scottish literature > 19th century > History and criticism
Online Access:	DE-1046 DE-1043 DE-858 DE-859 DE-860 DE-739 DE-473 Volltext
Summary:	GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748633111');This book presents a provocative and timely reconsideration of modern Scottish literature in the light of ecological thought. Louisa Gairn demonstrates how successive generations of Scottish writers have both reflected on and contributed to the development of international ecological theory and philosophy.Provocative re-readings of works by authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, John Muir, Nan Shepherd, John Burnside, Kathleen Jamie and George Mackay Brown demonstrate the significance of ecological thought across the spectrum of Scottish literary culture. This book traces the influence of ecology as a scientific, philosophical and political concept in the work of these and other writers and in doing so presents an original outlook on Scottish literature from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Key FeaturesConsiders both 'canonical' and less well known Scottish writers, including Gaelic poets and mountaineering literature, Robert Louis Stevenson and John Muir, and contemporary authors Kathleen Jamie and John BurnsideThe first book to consider Scottish literature in the light of ecological and green thoughtEngages with a major topical issue and sets the study of Scottish writing within the broader context of international green approaches to literary studiesEncourages reflection on the links between literary studies and perspectives drawn from the disciplines of environmental history, anthropology, philosophy and cultural geography
Item Description:	Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2022)
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (208 pages) 2 B/W illustrations
ISBN:	9780748631988
DOI:	10.1515/9780748631988