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- Last Good Year
Last Good Year
New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. Every year it publishes the very best from both emerging and established writers, and...
- Jacobean Parnassus
Jacobean Parnassus
- 2022
- 352
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In 1603, James Stewart became also king of England and Ireland, and a great deal of excellent poetry was composed by Scottish writers during his reign. Poets faced the political...
- Muriel Spark's Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark's Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- 1999
- Robb, David S
- 58
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David Robb's SCOTNOTE study guide untangles the many aspects of this novel - historical, political, psychological and religious - and is an ideal guide for senior school pupils...
- International Companion to Nineteenth-Century Scottish Literature Kidd Sheila M.Paperback
International Companion to Nineteenth-Century Scottish Literature Kidd Sheila M.Paperback
- 2022
- 296
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The nineteenth century has been regarded as an era of decline for Scottish literature. This INTERNATIONAL COMPANION shows that it was instead a transformational period. Through...
- International Companion to Scottish Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century Davis LeithPaperback
International Companion to Scottish Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century Davis LeithPaperback
The period from 1650 to 1800 encompasses the Restoration, the 1688 Revolution, the failure of the Company of Scotland's Darien colony, the 1707 Acts of Union, the Jacobite...
- Christianity in Scottish Literature Pazdziora John P.Paperback
Christianity in Scottish Literature Pazdziora John P.Paperback
- 2023
- 340
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The experiences of being Christian and living amid a culture shaped by various iterations of Christianity are long-standing concerns of Scottish literature. This volume moves...
- Michel Tremblay: Plays in Scots - Volume 2 Tremblay MichelPaperback
Michel Tremblay: Plays in Scots - Volume 2 Tremblay MichelPaperback
- 2023
- Tremblay, Michel
- 292
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"The greatest playwright Scotland never had." - Mark Fisher, The Guardian Michel Tremblay is considered the most important playwright in Quebec theatre history. His...
- nothing but a set of eyes for stars
nothing but a set of eyes for stars
- 2023
- 224
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New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. Every year we publish the very best from emerging and established writers, and list...
- Writing Scottishness Brown IanPaperback
Writing Scottishness Brown IanPaperback
- 2023
- 294
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Scotland's sense of national identity and cultural distinctiveness has long been articulated through its literature. These fourteen essays explore literary manifestations of...
- Poetry and Drama of Allan Ramsay
Poetry and Drama of Allan Ramsay
- 2023
- 98
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Allan Ramsay (1684-1758) is a key figure in Scottish cultural history, and his influence spans a variety of subject areas, including Drama, English, History, and Music. This...
- Poems by a Lady
Poems by a Lady
- 2023
- Craik, Helen
- 336
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The poetry of Helen Craik (1751-1825), Gothic novelist and friend of Robert Burns, was long thought lost. The rediscovery of her manuscript Poems by a Lady (1790), transcribed...
- Haste Ye Back - Haynes Dorothy K.
- Three Novels of Iain Banks - A. Macgillivray
Three Novels of Iain Banks - A. Macgillivray
- 2001
- MacGillivray, A
- 80
The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and...
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon's "Sunset Song"
Lewis Grassic Gibbon's "Sunset Song"
- 1998
- Douglas Young
- 64
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The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and...
- William McIlvanney's "Laidlaw"
William McIlvanney's "Laidlaw"
- 1998
- Dickson, Beth
- 61
Beth Dickson's SCOTNOTE study guide provides a thoughtful analysis of the novel "Laidlaw" by William McIlvanney, its characters and its settings, for senior school pupils and...
- From the Line
From the Line
From the Line brings together the best of Scotland's poetry from the two World Wars: 138 poems, from fifty-six poets, are represented here; poetry from both men and women, from...
- Robin Jenkins - Iain Crichton-Smith
Robin Jenkins - Iain Crichton-Smith
- 1998
- Crichton-Smith, Iain
- 60
Iain Crichton Smith's SCOTNOTE study guide is a skilful and intelligent guide to the themes and characters of the novel, and explores the religious, philosophical and moral...
- Short Stories of George Mackay Brown
Short Stories of George Mackay Brown
SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and...
- International Companion to Scottish Poetry
International Companion to Scottish Poetry
- 2016
- 256
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A range of leading international scholars provide the reader with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the extraordinary richness and diversity of Scotland's poetry....
- Ena Lamont Stewart's Men Should Weep
Ena Lamont Stewart's Men Should Weep
This study guide examines the roles of the individual characters in the play, and outlines the major themes in an approachable and accessible way. It also explores issues of...
- Janice Galloway's the Trick is to Keep Breathing Scotnotes Study Guides
Janice Galloway's the Trick is to Keep Breathing Scotnotes Study Guides
The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts. The individual authors are not only experts on a particular writer or text but also...
- Poets of the People's Journal
Poets of the People's Journal
The People's Journal was one of the most successful publications in Victorian Scotland. Here are more than one hundred examples of readers' poems, written by tradesmen and...
- Poetry of Edwin Morgan McGonigal James
Poetry of Edwin Morgan McGonigal James
James McGonigal's new Second Edition of this SCOTNOTE covers the entirety of Morgan's work throughout his long and hugely productive life, and is an ideal guide for senior...
- Kist o Skinklan Things
Kist o Skinklan Things
The twentieth-century Scottish Renaissance saw a huge change in Scotland's literary landscape, as Scottish writers engaged with social and political issues, and questions of...