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Ecology and Modern Scottish Literature
Louisa Gairn
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Description for Ecology and Modern Scottish Literature
Hardback. This book presents a provocative and timely reconsideration of modern Scottish literature in the light of ecological thought. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 502.
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 ecology as a scientific, philosophical and political concept in the work of these and other writers and ... Read more
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 ecology as a scientific, philosophical and political concept in the work of these and other writers and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748633111
SKU
V9780748633111
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99-50
About Louisa Gairn
Louisa Gairn is a contributor to The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature, ed. Berthold Schoene (Edinburgh University Press, 2007) as well as to three other essay collections.
Reviews for Ecology and Modern Scottish Literature
This is the first book-length study of one of the great themes in modern Scottish writing. Lucid, sophisticated and internationally-minded, it is a landmark work. Robert Crawford, University of St Andrews
Robert Crawford This is an important and lively book for UK ecocriticism on the international stage, announcing a new generation of culturally rooted ecocritics.
Terry Gifford Green ... Read more
Robert Crawford This is an important and lively book for UK ecocriticism on the international stage, announcing a new generation of culturally rooted ecocritics.
Terry Gifford Green ... Read more