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‘Scoto-Shamanistic’: The Collected Works Of Kenneth White, Richie Mccaffery
‘Scoto-Shamanistic’: The Collected Works Of Kenneth White, Richie Mccaffery
Studies in Scottish Literature
A review-essay discussing the work and influence of the expatriate Scottish poet and cultural theorist Kenneth White, based on vols 1-2 of the new Edinburgh University Press edition of White's Collected Works, edited by Cairns Craig (2021, paperback 2023), placing White in a line of Scottish polymath internationalist writers, from Buchanan and Urquhart, through Miller and Carlyle, to Geddes and MacDiarmid.
Andrew Lang’S Discursive Cosmopolitanism In Longman’S Magazine, Linda K. Hughes
Andrew Lang’S Discursive Cosmopolitanism In Longman’S Magazine, Linda K. Hughes
Studies in Scottish Literature
Discusses the distinctive form and influence of Andrew Lang's series "At the Sign of the Ship," in Longman's Magazine, and explores Lang's range of Scottish and cosmopolitan references and perspectives.
Books Noted And Received, Patrick Scott
Books Noted And Received, Patrick Scott
Studies in Scottish Literature
Shorter reviews and notices of recent books in Scottish literature and adjacent disciplines.
Contributors To Ssl 46.1
Studies in Scottish Literature
Brief biographical notes on contributors to SSL 46.1.
Introduction: The Ghost At The Feast: Religion In Scottish Literary Criticism, Patrick Scott
Introduction: The Ghost At The Feast: Religion In Scottish Literary Criticism, Patrick Scott
Studies in Scottish Literature
Surveys changes in Scottish institutional religion, summarizes Crawford Gribben's critique in 2006 of Scottish literary criticism's long-time anti-Calvinist bias, and introduces essays reappraising the treatment of belief by Scottish poets and novelists from varied religious backgrounds and the critical response to this aspect of their work.
Books Noted And Received, Patrick G. Scott
Books Noted And Received, Patrick G. Scott
Studies in Scottish Literature
Short reviews or brief notices of seventeen books published or received since publication of Studies in Scottish Literature, 42:1 (Spring 2016).
Adam Smith For Our Time, I: Necroeconomics, Patrick G. Scott
Adam Smith For Our Time, I: Necroeconomics, Patrick G. Scott
Studies in Scottish Literature
Reviews a wide-ranging new American study of the Scottish philosopher and economist Adam Smith (1723-1790), examining its treatment of Smith as critic and rhetorical theorist, as well as of his better-known writings on moral philosophy in his Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and economic theory in The Wealth of Nations (1776), and discusses briefly the value for Scottish cultural history of interpretative practices developed originally in other national traditions, concluding that the book is "important for scholars of 18th century Scottish literature... because it approaches Smith’s work through disciplinary practices that are common enough in other literary fields but …
The Modern Athenians: The Edinburgh Review In The Knowledge Economy Of The Early Nineteenth Century, William Christie
The Modern Athenians: The Edinburgh Review In The Knowledge Economy Of The Early Nineteenth Century, William Christie
Studies in Scottish Literature
Discusses the role of intellectual periodicals, specifically the edinburgh Review, in creating and representing the interdisciplinary knowledge economy of early 19th century Edinburgh, and proposes the term "the Periodical Enlightenment" to represent this distinctive phase in Scottish culture.