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SCOTTISH NOVELS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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| By: |
Isobel Murray |
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Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0956628311 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780956628312 |
| Publisher: |
WORD POWER BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2011 |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Synopsis: |
"The pieces fit together to leave a deep and vivid impression of how a range of the most sensitive and creative women and men in Scotland reacted to events which have taken so long to be absorbed and healed". (Professor Douglas Gifford, University of Glasgow). "It promises to be indispensable". (Professor Patrick Crotty, Head of English, University of Aberdeen). "It's all the stronger I think for its clear and unambiguous focus on what you want: introduction, biography, relevance of individual experience, choice of core text and explication. You don't very often see a book written with this kind of discipline, and I think it will be invaluable." (Professor Ian Campbell). This is a first critical study of Scottish novels of the Second World War that contains essays on Linklater, Mitchison, Urquhart, Jenkins, Kesson, Spark, Hood, and Mackay Brown Will which appeal to those interested in twentieth-century Scottish Literature - both students and academics. However it will also attract the interested general reader due to its clear accessible style Professor Murray is one of Scotland's finest critics of Scottish fiction.Ten Modern Scottish Novels (1984) remains a key study of the major novels of Scotland in the 20th century. She is also the author of a series of four volumes of interviews with Scottish writers. It is this background which informs her fascinating study of the major novels arising from World War II. This book is concerned only with novels written by Scottish writers who were adult during the war. They include soldiers, civilians and conscientious objectors. Isobel Murray studied English at Edinburgh University, and went on to complete a Ph.D. on Oscar Wilde there in 1964. From 1964 to 2005 she was Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor in the English Department at the University of Aberdeen. She retired in 2005, becoming Honorary Research Professor in Modern Scottish Literature. She is Vice President of the Association of Scottish Literary Studies, and was on the panel to award Saltire Book of the Year prizes from 1982-2005. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Word Power Books |
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