Literature and Oatmeal

What Literature Has Meant to Scotland

William Power

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9781032074719
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000439939
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Scottish History
• Index: Literature

Originally published in 1935, this book's author was both a nationalist and internationalist who believed that these positions were complementary, not in conflict with each other. This concise volume doesn't merely discuss the significance of literature in Scottish history but also charts that literary heritage. Examining native and foreign influences from Ireland and Scandinavia, the book also examines the role literature has played in the formation of the national identity of Scotland.

CONTENTS

CHAP.

I. DOES LITERATURE MEAN ANYTHING TO SCOTLAND?

II. THE GAELIC CENTURIES

III. “BACK TO DUNBAR”

IV. A BLANK CENTURY AND THE BALLADS

V. THE FORERUNNERS OF BURNS

VI. THE “AGE OF REASON”

VII. THE ROMANTIC ERA: THE SCOT AS NOVELIST

VIII. THE YEARS BETWEEN

IX. THE SCOT AS WORLD PROPHET: THOMAS CARLYLE

X. THE DAWN RETURNS: LANG, STEVENSON, THE KAILYARD, AND MUNRO

XI. THE MODERN REVIVAL: THE LITERARY “IDEA” OF SCOTLAND

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright Page
5. Original Title Page
6. Original Copyright Page
7. Contents
8. Chap. I. Does Literature mean anything to Scotland?
9. Chap. II. The Gaelic Centuries
10. Chap. III. “Back to Dunbar”
11. Chap. IV. A Blank Century and the Ballads
12. Chap. V. The Forerunners of Burns
13. Chap. VI. The “Age of Reason”
14. Chap. VII. The Romantic Era: The Scot as Novelist
15. Chap. VIII. T...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Contents
• Chap. I. Does Literature mean anything to Scotland?
• Chap. II. The Gaelic Centuries
• Chap. III. “Back to Dunbar”
• Chap. IV. A Blank Century and the Ballads
• Chap. V. The Forerunners of Burns
• Chap. VI. The “Age of Reason”
• Chap. VII. The Romantic Era: The Scot as Novelist
• Chap. VIII. The Years between
• Chap. IX. The Scot as World Prophet: Thomas Carlyle
• Chap. X. The Dawn returns: Lang, Stevenson, the Kailyard, and Munro
• Chap. XI. The Modern Revival: The Literary “Idea” of Scotland