Scottish cultural review of language and literature ;
Volume Designation
v. 11
GENERAL NOTES
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Glasgow, 2001 under the title 'The image of the nation as a woman in twentieth century Scottish literature.'
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-134) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: Engendering the nation -- Woman as nation -- The female figure in the Scottish Renaissance -- The female nation as victim -- The monstrous muse -- Women writing nation.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Looks at the widespread tradition of using a female figure to represent the nation, focusing on twentieth-century Scottish literature. The woman-as-nation figure emerged in Scotland in the twentieth century, but as a literary figure rather than an institutional icon like Britannia or France's Marianne. Scottish writers make use of familiar aspects of the trope such as the protective mother nation and the woman as fertile land, which are obviously problematic from a feminist perspective. But darker implications, buried in the long history of the figure, rise.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Bella Caledonia.
International Standard Book Number
9789042025103
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Nationalism in literature.
Scottish literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.