Bannockburns [[electronic resource] ] : Scottish Independence and Literary Imagination, 1314-2014

• Autore: Crawford Robert
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.99411
• Soggetto topico: Fictions; Literary works; Scottish -- Literature; English literature - Scottish authors - History and criticism; Scottish literature - History and criticism; Bannockburn, Battle of, Scotland, 1314; English; Regions & Countries - Europe; Languages & Literatures; History & Archaeology; English Literature; Great Britain
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Title Page""; ""Imprint""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Writing Bannockburn""; ""2 Burns and Bannockburns""; ""3 Beyond Scotland""; ""4 Difficult Modern Scots""; ""5 Voting for a Scottish Democracy""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: How writers have imagined the idea of Scottish independence over 700 years Poet and critic Robert Crawford explores in eloquent detail the literary-cultural background to Scottish nationalism in the lead-up to the referendum on independence for Scotland in September 2014. He begins with the totemic Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, in which the Scots routed the English and preserved their independence until the two nations peacefully united in 1707. Continuing up to the present day, he examines how writers have set out in poetry, fiction, plays and on film the ideal of Scottish independence. Pu
• Titolo autorizzato: Bannockburns
• ISBN: 0-7486-8585-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787875103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II