Ethically speaking : voice and values in modern Scottish writing

Ethically speaking : voice and values in modern Scottish writing / edited by James McGonigal and Kirsten Stirling.

As politics and cultures interact within an increasingly diverse Scotland, and differences in values become more evident across generations, the need for clear understanding and cooperation within and between communities becomes a pressing issue. This relates both to local and larger concerns: langu...

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Other Authors: McGonigal, James, Stirling, Kirsten
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2006.
Series:Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 6.
Subjects:
1900-1999
English literature > Scottish authors > 20th century > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature > Scottish authors
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contributors; Introduction; "Nae mair pussyfuttin. Ah'm aff, Theramenes": Demotic Neoclassical Drama in Contemporary Scotland; "Lying is good like this": The Collaborative Lie in the Early Fiction of A.L. Kennedy; The Relativity of Experience in William McIlvanney's The Kiln; Resignifying HiStories: The Subversive Potential of Revision in Liz Lochhead's Poetry; Ethics of War in the Fiction of Robin Jenkins; Finding Her Religion: The Search for Spiritual Satisfaction in Alan Warner's Morvern Callar; Songs of the Village Idiot: Ethnicity, Writing and Identity.

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