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SCROLL brings out new work in Scottish Studies. Published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. brill.com/SCRL
@chaminadeuniv.bsky.social on one of the latest SCROLL volumes: 'Scottish Literature of the South Seas'. According to the co-editors, Richard J. Hill and Allison E. Francis, the volume has "traced very early Scottish literary presence through to modern day parallels that has not been done before.β
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Co-editors Li Li and John Corbett introducing the latest SCROLL volume, 'Scotland and China: Literary Encounters', which surveys the role of China in Scottish literature, and the translation and reception of Scottish literature in China. @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social
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With the International Women's Day approaching, why not revisit Kirsten Stirling's 'Bella Caledonia: Woman, Nation, Text' (2008). The monograph looks at the tradition of using a female figure to represent the nation, focusing on twentieth-century Scottish literature. brill.com/display/titl...
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25 February is the #GrayDay. In 'The Fiction of Communion', Gavin Miller re-opens contact between Alasdair Gray and those Scottish and European philosophers and psychologists who helped shape his literary vision of personal and national identity. brill.com/display/titl...
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Latest from SCROLL: 'Scotland and China: Literary Encounters', edited by Li Li and John Corbett. The volume surveys the role of China in Scottish literature, and the translation and reception of Scottish literature in China. π brill.com/display/titl...
20.02.2025 11:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Donna Heddle & @paulmalgrati.bsky.social (@insuhi.bsky.social) are the co-editors of 'France and Scotland in Literature: Auld and New Alliances', a new volume exploring connections between French & Scottish Literature. To be published by SCROLL (@dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social) in 2026. π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ π«π·
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Corey E Andrews' 'The Genius of Scotland: The Cultural Production of Robert Burns, 1785-1834' investigates the figure of Burns as constructed by warring cultural forces in the literary marketplace in the Scottish Enlightenment and beyond. brill.com/display/titl... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
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Scottish poet Thomas Pringle, born 5 January 1789, emigrated to the Cape Colony in 1820. As Patrick Lenahan argues, the sonnet became his choice for capturing his experiences and personal crises, and the greater trauma of colonial appropriation and racial oppression. π brill.com/display/titl...
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