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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809014103321

Autore

Nash Andrew <1972->

Titolo

Kailyard and Scottish literature / / Andrew Nash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, 2007

ISBN

94-012-0441-1

1-4356-0072-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; ; v. 8

Disciplina

820.99411

Soggetti

English literature - Scottish authors - History and criticism

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Literature and society - Scotland

Popular culture - Scotland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-263) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Acknowledgements -- What is Kailyard? -- The Invention of the Term -- Regionalism, Representation and the Art of J.M. Barrie -- S.R. Crockett: Romancing Galloway -- The Sentimental Art of Ian Maclaren -- The Marketing of Kailyard and the Debate over Popular Culture -- The Critical Kailyard -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

For more than a century, the word 'Kailyard' has been a focal point of Scottish literary and cultural debate. Originally a term of literary criticism, it has come to be used, often pejoratively, across a whole range of academic and popular discourse. Historians, politicians and critics of Scottish film and media have joined literary scholars in using the term to set out a diagnosis of Scottish culture. This is the first comprehensive study of the subject. Andrew Nash traces the origins of the Kailyard diagnosis in the nineteenth century and considers the critical concerns that gave rise to it. He then provides a full reassessment of the literature most commonly associated with the term – the fiction of J.M. Barrie, S.R. Crockett and Ian Maclaren. Placing this work in more appropriate contexts, he considers the literary, social and religious imperatives that underpinned it and discusses the impact of these writers in the publishing world. These chapters are succeeded by detailed analysis of the various ways in which the term has been used



in wider discussions of Scottish literature and culture. Discussing literary criticism, film studies, and political and sociological analyses of Scotland, Nash shows how Kailyard, as a critical term, helps expose some of the key issues in Scottish cultural debate in the twentieth century, including discussions over national representation, popular culture and the parochialism of Scottish culture.