Scotland and the 19th-century world / / edited by Gerard Carruthers, David Goldie and Alastair Renfrew.

• Superior document: Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; vol. 18
• TeilnehmendeR: Carruthers, Gerard.; Goldie, David.; Renfrew, Alaistair.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 18.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

The nineteenth century is often read as a time of retreat and diffusion in Scottish literature under the overwhelming influence of British identity. Scotland and the 19th-Century World presents Scottish literature as altogether more dynamic, with narratives of Scottish identity working beyond the merely imperial. This collection of essays by leading international scholars highlights Scottish literary intersections with North America, Asia, Africa and Europe. James Macpherson, Francis Jeffrey, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and John Davidson feature alongside other major literary and cultural figures in this groundbreaking volume.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Gerard Carruthers , David Goldie and Alastair Renfrew -- Preparing for Renaissance: Revaluing Nineteenth-Century Scottish Literature / Douglas Gifford -- Scotland, the USA, and National Literatures in the Nineteenth Century / Andrew Hook -- Reviewing America: Francis Jeffrey, The Edinburgh Review and the United States / Pam Perkins -- Alliance and Defiance in Scottish and American Outlaw-Hero Ballads / Suzanne Gilbert -- Lateral Literary Biography: Robert Fergusson, Herman Melville and “Bartleby” / Susan Manning -- The Military Kailyard: The Iconography of the Nineteenth-Century Soldier / Trevor Royle -- “The Key to their Hearts”: Scottish Orientalism / Michael Fry -- Exporting the Covenant: Scottish Missionary Tales and Africa, c.1870–c.1920 / Richard Finlay -- From Slogan to Clan: Three Fragments from the Evolving Scottish/Germanic Literary Relations of the Romantic Period. / Johnny Rodger -- Nietzsche in Glasgow: Alexander Tille, John Davidson and Edwin Muir / Ritchie Robertson -- “The great affair is to move”: Stevenson’s Journeys / Kenneth Simpson -- The Enchanted Worlds of Scott, Scotland, and the Grimms / Sarah Dunnigan -- Index.