| Description |
1 online resource (379 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature, 17
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SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature ; 17.
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| Summary |
Scottish and "Celtic fringe" postcolonialism has caused much controversy and unease in literary studies. Can the non-English territories and peoples of the British Isles, faced with centuries of English hegemony, be meaningfully compared to former overseas colonies? This book is the first comprehensive study of this topic which offers an in-depth study of Gaelic literature. It investigates the complex interplay between Celticity, Gaeldom, Scottish and British national identity, and international colonial and postcolonial discourse. It situates post/colonial elements in Gaelic poetry within a w. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-369) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Cover; Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Acknowledgements; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Colonial beginnings? Celticity, Gaeldom and Scotland until the end of the Middle Ages; Chapter Two Colonial beginnings? Celticity, Gaeldom and Scotland until the end of the Middle Ages; Chapter Three The capitalist nation state and its "civilising missions": Gaelic identities in flux; Chapter Three The capitalist nation state and its "civilising missions": Gaelic identities in flux. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English; includes text in Scottish Gaelic with English translation. |
| Subject |
Scottish Gaelic poetry -- History and criticism.
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Scottish Gaelic poetry. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stroh, Silke. Uneasy Subjects : Postcolonialism and Scottish Gaelic Poetry. Amsterdam : Rodopi, ©2011 9789042033580 |
| ISBN |
9789401200578 |
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9401200572 |
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9042033584 |
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9789042033580 |
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