A history of Scottish women's writing /

This is the first comprehensive critical analysis of Scottish women's writing from its recoverable beginnings to the present day.

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Other Authors / Creators:Gifford, Douglas, 1940-
McMillan, Dorothy.
Formaat: E-boek Elektronisch
Taal:English
Imprint: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©1997.
Reeks:Cambridge EBA Collection
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Online toegang:Click here for full text at JSTOR
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Samenvatting:This is the first comprehensive critical analysis of Scottish women's writing from its recoverable beginnings to the present day.
Offering a critical analysis of Scottish women's writing from its beginnings to the present day, the essays in this work cover such authors as Margaret Oliphant, Nan Sheperd, Muriel Spark and Liz Lochhead. It also examines groups of writers or kinds of writing, such as women poets and dramatists, or Gaelic writing and the legacy of the Kailyard. In addition to the poetry, drama and fiction, a varied body of non-fiction writing is also covered, including diaries, memoirs, biography and autobiography, didactic and polemic writing, and popular and periodical writing for and by women.
Beschrijving item:Print version record.
Fysieke beschrijving:1 online resource (xxiii, 716 pages)
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 677-707) and index.
ISBN:0585086656
0748609164
0748672664
9780585086651
9780748609161
9780748672660