A Parliament of Novels: the Politics of Scottish Fiction 1979-1999

The resurgence of Scottish literature at the end of the twentieth century took place in a troubled period of Scotland’s political and economic history, following 1979’s failed devolution referendum. The question raised here is that of the interaction between these two phenomena. The literature of th...

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Main Author: David Leishman
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Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2006-01-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/1175
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