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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824055403321

Autore

Gairn Louisa

Titolo

Ecology and modern Scottish literature [[electronic resource] /] / Louisa Gairn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-7486-5344-9

1-281-78581-4

9786611785819

0-7486-3198-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Classificazione

HG 280

Disciplina

820.9941109034

Soggetti

Ecology in literature

English literature - Scottish authors - History and criticism

Scottish literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Scottish literature - 20th century - History and criticism

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Re-Mapping Modern Scottish Literature; 1. Feelings for Nature in Victorian Scotland; 2. Strange Lands; 3. Local and Global Outlooks; 4. Dear Green Places; 5. Lines of Defence; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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