Questioning Scotland: Literature, Nationalism, Postmodernism

by E. Bell

Overview

Questioning Scotland considers the ways in which Scottish Literature has often been discussed in parochial, essentialist terms. It suggests that Scottish literary studies must now expand its conceptual boundaries in order to account for changes taking place at wider European and global levels. It is literary-based but also scrutinizes the methodological construction process of national traditions. Drawing on wider theories of postmodernism, (post)nationalism and globalism, it will help map the changing nature of national studies and Scottish studies in particular.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403913319
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/21/2004
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

ELEANOR BELL is Leverhulme Post-doctoral Fellow in Scottish and Irish Literature and Culture in the Department of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde. She is co-editor of Scotland in Theory: Reflections on Scottish Literature and Culture.

Table of Contents

Tracing Predicaments: Modernism to Postmodernism (Multi)national Identity: Old and New Histories Postmodern States: Estrangement and Re-thinking the Nation Scotland and the Question of Globalism Index