| Description |
1 online resource (136 pages) |
| Series |
Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 11 |
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Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 11.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Engendering the nation -- Woman as nation -- The female figure in the Scottish Renaissance -- The female nation as victim -- The monstrous muse -- Women writing nation |
| Summary |
Looks at the widespread tradition of using a female figure to represent the nation, focusing on twentieth-century Scottish literature. The woman-as-nation figure emerged in Scotland in the twentieth century, but as a literary figure rather than an institutional icon like Britannia or France's Marianne. Scottish writers make use of familiar aspects of the trope such as the protective mother nation and the woman as fertile land, which are obviously problematic from a feminist perspective. But darker implications, buried in the long history of the figure, rise |
| Notes |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Glasgow, 2001 under the title 'The image of the nation as a woman in twentieth century Scottish literature.' |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-134) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Scottish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Women in literature -- 20th century
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Nationalism in literature.
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Women authors, Scottish.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature
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Nationalism in literature
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Scottish literature
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Women authors, Scottish
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Women in literature
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| SUBJECT |
Scotland -- Symbolic representation
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Scotland -- In literature
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| Subject |
Scotland
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441603531 |
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1441603530 |
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9789401206662 |
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940120666X |
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9042025107 |
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9789042025103 |
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