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Book SynopsisThis is the first and only guide to Scottish Romanticism. It captures the best of critical debate as well as presenting exciting new approaches to a distinctively Scottish Romanticism in literary theory, religious studies, music and song and the thematic use of non standard English.
Trade ReviewThe Edinburgh Companion to Romanticism is both an excellent teaching compendium and also a compass of the exciting research that has established the field of 'Scottish Romanticism'. Undergraduates, postgraduates and professional academics will all find in it much exciting material with which to work. -- Gerard Carruthers, Professor of Scottish Literature since 1700, University of Glasgow. The Edinburgh Companion to Romanticism is both an excellent teaching compendium and also a compass of the exciting research that has established the field of 'Scottish Romanticism'. Undergraduates, postgraduates and professional academics will all find in it much exciting material with which to work.
Table of ContentsSeries Editors' Preface; Introduction: What is Scottish Romanticism?, Murray Pittock; Section 1: The Scottish Public Sphere: Themes, Groups and Identities; 1. Ballads and Chapbooks, Steve Newman; 2. Romantic Macpherson, Fiona Stafford; 3. Scottish Song, Lyric Poetry and the Romantic Composer, Kirsteen McCue; 4. Gaelic Literature and Scottish Romanticism, Thomas Clancy; 5. Travel Writing and the Picturesque, Matthew Wickman; 6. Urban Space and Enlightened Romanticism, Ian Duncan; 7. Periodicals and Public Culture, Alex Benchimol; 8. The Scottish National Tale, Andrew Monnickendam; 9. Religion and Scottish Romanticism, Crawford Gribben; Section 2: Authors and Texts; 10. Robert Burns and Romanticism in Britain and Ireland, Nigel Leask; 11. Walter Scott's Romanticism: a Theory of Performance, Caroline McCracken-Flesher; 12. Byron, Brean Hammond; 13. John Galt's Fictional and Performative Worlds, Angela Esterhammer; 14. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Peter Garside; 15. The function of linguistic variety in Walter Scott's The Heart of Midlothian, Fernando Toda; Endnotes; Further Reading; Notes on Contributors; Index.
