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Title The Edinburgh companion to James Kelman / edited by Scott Hames
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 164 pages)
Series Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature
Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature.
Contents Machine generated contents note: I. Literary Forms -- 1. Early Kelman / Paul Shanks -- 2. How late it was, how late and Literary Value / Mary McGlynn -- 3. Kelman's Later Novels / Peter Boxall -- 4. Kelman and the Short Story / Adrian Hunter -- 5. Kelman's Critical and Polemical Writing / Mia Carter -- 6. Kelman's Drama / David Archibald -- II. Critical Contexts -- 7. Kelman's Glasgow Sentence / Cairns Craig -- 8. Kelman's Art-Speech / Scott Hames -- 9. Kelman and World English / Michael Gardiner -- 10. Kelman and Masculinity / Carole Jones -- 11. Kelman and the Existentialists / Laurence Nicoll
Summary James Kelman is one of the most important Scottish writers now living. His fiction is widely acclaimed, and widely caricatured. His art declares war on stereotypes, but is saddled with plenty of its own. This book attempts to disentangle Kelman's writing from his reputation, clarifying his literary influences and illuminating his political commitments. It is the first book to cover the full range and depth of Kelman's work, explaining his position within genres such as the short story and the polemical essay, and tracing his interest in anti-colonial politics and existential thought. Essays by leading experts combine lucid accounts of the heated debates surrounding Kelman's writing, with a sharp focus on the effects and innovations of that writing itself. Kelman's own reception by reviewers and journalists is examined as a shaping factor in the development of his career. Chapters situate Kelman's work in critical contexts ranging from masculinity to vernacular language, cover influences from Chomsky to Kafka, and pursue the implications of Kelman's rhetoric from Glasgow localism to 'World English'. Key Features. The first major collection of essays on Kelman's work Considers the full spectrum of Kelman's writing, from novels to polemics to plays Explores a comprehensive range of Kelman's literary influences and critical contexts Highlights the interplay of Kelman's political, linguistic and artistic agendas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-155) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Kelman, James, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Kelman, James, 1946- fast
Subject LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Middle Eastern.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Hames, Scott.
ISBN 9780748642885
0748642889
6612749946
9786612749940
Other Titles James Kelman