02942nam 2200649Ia 450 991045439870332120200520144314.00-7486-5344-91-281-78581-497866117858190-7486-3198-4(CKB)1000000000533968(EBL)364823(OCoLC)235993092(SSID)ssj0000142990(PQKBManifestationID)11158307(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142990(PQKBWorkID)10109230(PQKB)10432003(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055646(MiAaPQ)EBC364823(Au-PeEL)EBL364823(CaPaEBR)ebr10405161(CaONFJC)MIL178581(EXLCZ)99100000000053396820080709d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEcology and modern Scottish literature[electronic resource] /Louisa GairnEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20081 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-3311-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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 in literatureEnglish literatureScottish authorsHistory and criticismScottish literature19th centuryHistory and criticismScottish literature20th centuryHistory and criticismElectronic books.Ecology in literature.English literatureScottish authorsHistory and criticism.Scottish literatureHistory and criticism.Scottish literatureHistory and criticism.820.9941109034Gairn Louisa883308MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454398703321Ecology and modern Scottish literature1973004UNINA