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The Great Shadow House: Essays on the Metaphysical Tradition in Scottish Fiction

J.B. Pick

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Description:Scottish fiction has always had a strong current of metaphysical thought and imaginative vision. J.B. Pick's book aims to explore individual contributions to this current at a time when Scottish literature as a whole is being reassessed and neglected books brought back into print.Both Highland and Lowland tributaries to the stream are traced, starting from materials embodied in the Carmina Gadelica and in the Border Ballads.Attention is focussed on seminal books such as James Hogg's Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde and George MacDonald's Lilith. Beyond this, a wide variety of writers are considered, including Fiona MacLeod, the kailyard school and their opponents, Buchan, Bridie and Muir, culminating in a close look at the work of Neil Gunn.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Great Shadow House: Essays on the Metaphysical Tradition in Scottish Fiction. To get started finding The Great Shadow House: Essays on the Metaphysical Tradition in Scottish Fiction, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 1993

ISBN: 0748661166

Description: Scottish fiction has always had a strong current of metaphysical thought and imaginative vision. J.B. Pick's book aims to explore individual contributions to this current at a time when Scottish literature as a whole is being reassessed and neglected books brought back into print.Both Highland and Lowland tributaries to the stream are traced, starting from materials embodied in the Carmina Gadelica and in the Border Ballads.Attention is focussed on seminal books such as James Hogg's Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde and George MacDonald's Lilith. Beyond this, a wide variety of writers are considered, including Fiona MacLeod, the kailyard school and their opponents, Buchan, Bridie and Muir, culminating in a close look at the work of Neil Gunn.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Great Shadow House: Essays on the Metaphysical Tradition in Scottish Fiction. To get started finding The Great Shadow House: Essays on the Metaphysical Tradition in Scottish Fiction, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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