"What countrey's this? and whither are we gone?" [[electronic resource] ] : papers presented at the twelfth International Conference on the Literature of Region and Nation, Aberdeen University, 30th July -- 2nd August 2008 / / edited by J. Derrick McClure, Karoline Szatek-Tudor and Rosa E. Penna

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (406 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9
• Soggetto topico: English literature - History and criticism; Regionalism in literature; Nationalism in literature; Boundaries in literature
• Altri autori: McClureJ. Derrick SzatekKaroline PennaRosa E
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; A SONG FOR THE CONFERENCE; PART I; SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF BREOGÁN; NATIONALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS; "SILLY SCOTCH MUCK ABOUT COTTARS AND WOMEN"?; PART II; PICTURING POSTCOLONIALISM; THE WEARIN' O' THE DEEP GREEN; ISSUES OF MEMORY, ISSUES OF IDENTITY; "WILD MEN" AND "WILD NOTIONS"; FROM THE CAIRNGORMS TO THE CORDILLERA REAL; SOME USES OF ANIMALS IN LITERATURE; PART III; DISCONTENTED DONALD AND COMPATRIOTS; EXILES IN BABYLON; EXILED AT HOME; PART IV; HAG-RID BY DUMBLEDORES; JOHN JAMIESON AND HUGH MACDIARMID; "ALL LIVIN LANGUAGE IS SACRED"; "BOMBARDED WITH WORDS" ; INDEFINITE IDENTITYPART V; ARCHAEOASTRONOMY IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST; RHYME(R) AND REASON; REGIONAL LITERATURES AND INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE; HYBRIDITY AND CULTURAL NEGOTIATION IN MOULOUD FERAOUN'S LA TERRE ET LE SANG (1953) AND LES CHEMINS QUI MONTENT (1957); TRUTH AND LIES SEEN THROUGH LITERATURE; CONTRIBUTORS; OTHER PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE
• Sommario/riassunto: In August 2008, the twelfth in a series of biennial conferences on the Literature of Region and Nation was held at Aberdeen University in the North-East of Scotland. Over fifty scholars, representing no fewer than twenty different countries, convened for the occasion; and twenty-two of the papers presented are included in this volume. As at previous conferences in the series, the papers range widely in approach, in subject-matter and in geographical coverage: readers of this book will find ...
• Titolo autorizzato: "What countrey's this? and whither are we gone?"
• ISBN: 1-283-14158-2; 1-4438-2520-4; 9786613141583
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788431403321
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