Literary History & Criticism


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  • Cover scan of Friendship's Shadows
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    Friendship's Shadows: Woman's Friendship And The Politics Of Betrayal In England, 1640-1705
    Penelope Anderson - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
    Penelope Anderson's study changes our understanding both of the masculine Renaissance friendship tradition and the private forms of women's friendship of the 18th century and after. It uncovers the latent threat of betrayal lurking within politicized classical and humanist friendship, showing its surprising resilience as a model for political obligation undone and remade.
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    The Flight Of The Turtle: New Writing Scotland 29
    - Paperback - ASLS
    '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 estblished writers, and lists many of the leading literary lights of Scotland among its past and present contributors.
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    The Flower Princess
    Janey Jones - Paperback - Picture Corgi
    Grandpa is feeling very down in the dumps because he is sure that everyone has forgotten his birthday - even Poppy! But what he doesn't know is that everyone's favourite princess, Princess Poppy, has a surprise in store for him. Will everything go to plan - and will Poppy manage to cheer Grandpa up?
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    Fickle Man: Robert Burns In The 21st Century
    - Hardback - Sandstone
    21st-century Burns scholarship is making some unexpected and exciting discoveries about the poet and his work. 'Fickle Man' is a new volume of essays by top international writers and scholars published to mark the 250th anniversary of the poet's birth, bringing fresh and vigorous insights into the significance of Burns.
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    For The Islands I Sing: An Autobiography
    George Mackay Brown - Paperback - Polygon
    George Mackay died in 1996. He wrote this memoir in the years before his death, but did not want it published while he was still alive. Here his simple, bardic honesty is turned upon himself.
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    Fringe Of Gold: The Fife Anthology
    - Paperback - Birlinn
    This is an anthology of writing about Fife, a part of Scotland with an immensely rich tradition of history and literature. It gathers together all of the great characters of Scottish history who have acted out their dramas within the famous Kingdom of Fife.
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    Full Volume
    Robert Crawford - Paperback - Cape Poetry
    Holding in balance the ecological and the technological, ancient and modern, 'Full Volume' sings languages and cultures, people and habitats burgeoning on the brink of extinction. From revved-up battle-cry to nervous whisper, these lyrical poems praise intricate abundance.
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    Fiction Against History: Scott As Storyteller
    James Kerr - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
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    From Trocchi To Trainspotting: Scottish Critical Theory Since 1960
    Michael Gardiner - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
    'From Trocchi to Trainspotting' charts the course of Scottish critical theory since the 1960s.
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    A Flame In The Mearns: Lewis Grassic Gibbon, A Centenary Celebration
    - Paperback - ASLS
    This collection of essays celebrates the achievements of Lewis Grassic Gibbon in his own time, as well as emphasising his continuing relevance. It contains discussions of Gibbons' fiction, essays and poetry, together with analyses of his language and politics.