20th Century Scottish Literature

CFP "Freedom, come all ye..." SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE D’ETUDES ECOSSAISES and the ASSOCIATION FOR SCOTTISH LITERARY STUDIES.

by Ruben Jarazo-Alvarez

Call for Papers

In and Out of the Kailyard

by Gauti Kristmannsson

M.Sc. dissertation presented at the University of Edinburgh in 1991.

A dissertation in comparative literature, examining how "Scottish" the "Kailyard" really was in... more A dissertation in comparative literature, examining how "Scottish" the "Kailyard" really was in Scottish literature at the end of the nineteenth century. Perhaps it was more of an international "yearning" for idyllic literature than a parochial Schottish phenomenon.

“The Cosmic (Cosmo)Polis in Naomi Mitchison's Science Fiction Novels”

by Carla Sassi

in C. MacCracken-Flesher (ed.), Scotland as Science Fiction, Lewisburg Pa.: Bucknell University Press, 2012. 

21st Century British Fiction Symposium - Call For Papers

by Tony Venezia

21st Century British Fiction Symposium - 12th May 2012, Birkbeck, University of London.  CFP deadline 15th March 2012.

21st Century British Fiction Symposium - 12th May 2012, Birkbeck, University of London.  Keynote speaker:... more 21st Century British Fiction Symposium - 12th May 2012, Birkbeck, University of London.  Keynote speaker: Professor Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway). 

Twenty-First Century British Fiction seeks to consider and promote current perspectives on the fiction of British writers in the twenty-first century.  Post-millennial writing has proved itself as arguably wide-ranging and innovative as its predecessors.  With Granta's next decennial list due in 2013, it seems only fitting and appropriate to survey the twenty-first century’s first decade of British Fiction. 

We invite submissions for 20 minute presentations; papers on individual authors and single works are welcome, as are essays on broader trends that explore the cultural, historical and stylistic contexts that have produced twenty-first century British fiction. 

Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words, with brief details of biography and affiliation, to Bianca Leggett and Tony Venezia at 21stcentury.symposium@gmail.com no later than 15th March 2012.  We also welcome proposals for themed panels of three speakers.  We are currently in negotiations with an academic publisher interested in publishing a volume based on the proceedings of the symposium. The symposium is sponsored by the School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London.


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Vatican letter Mary Stuart, Mary Queen of Scots....Congregation for Causes of Saints

by Frank Dougan

Catholic Encyclopedia

Cardinal Beaton murdered in St. Andrew's, Scotland...for saving Mary Queen of Scots

by Frank Dougan

Cardinal Beaton was murdered for saving Mary Queen of Scots from the evil cluches of Henry VIII....

The Cardinal was murdered on the orders of Henry VIII....and Scottish traitors!

Frank J Dougan

Scottish Government, Alex Salmond-Rome-Mary Queen of Scots

by Frank Dougan

One of the most historic letters in Scottish History; August 2011...

Letter from The First Minister, Alex Salmond....regarding my trip to Rome on 4 October 2011....in my quest for the canonisation of Mary Queen of Scots.

The first Minister acknowledging the unity of friendship between the Roman Catholic Church and the various diverse religions in Scotland.

Mr. Salmond is the first leader of the Scottish Government and the English Government....to share the same sentiments that Mary Queen of Scots issued in 1561....when she had just returned to Scotland from France where she had been to Queen aged 19 years old.

She was asked the question by John Knox...'What religion will you persue'?

The Reformation had been enforced at this time and The Roman Catholic Faith had been destroyed in Scotland.

Mary calmly replied; ' I will keep my Holy Roman Catholic Faith...and everyone in Scotland can enjoy any faith they wish'!

450 years later The Right Honourable, Alex Salmond....Leader of The Scottish Government, The First Minister.....sent me this historic letter in his support for my quest for the canonisation as a Catholic martyr for Marie Stuart, Mary Queen of Scots....

Frank J Dougan

28 August 2011

Scottish Government, Alex Salmond-Rome-Mary Queen of Scots

by Frank Dougan

One of the most historic letters in Scottish History; August 2011...

Letter from The First Minister, Alex Salmond....regarding my trip to Rome on 4 October 2011....in my quest for the canonisation of Mary Queen of Scots.

The first Minister acknowledging the unity of friendship between the Roman Catholic Church and the various diverse religions in Scotland.

Mr. Salmond is the first leader of the Scottish Government and the English Government....to share the same sentiments that Mary Queen of Scots issued in 1561....when she had just returned to Scotland from France where she had been to Queen aged 19 years old.

She was asked the question by John Knox...'What religion will you persue'?

The Reformation had been enforced at this time and The Roman Catholic Faith had been destroyed in Scotland.

Mary calmly replied; ' I will keep my Holy Roman Catholic Faith...and everyone in Scotland can enjoy any faith they wish'!

450 years later The Right Honourable, Alex Salmond....Leader of The Scottish Government, The First Minister.....sent me this historic letter in his support for my quest for the canonisation as a Catholic martyr for Marie Stuart, Mary Queen of Scots....

Frank J Dougan

28 August 2011

Occasional Paper: Language, Ideology and the 'Scottish Voice'

by James Costa

Costa, J. (2011). Language, ideologies, and the ‘Scottish voice’. International Journal of Scottish Literature, 7.

In this Occasional Paper, I would like to emphasise one way in which language ideological issues permeate literary... more In this Occasional Paper, I would like to emphasise one way in which language ideological issues permeate literary discourse in Scotland. Focusing on issues related to Scots, I will analyse two (in my view complementary) introductions to anthologies of texts in Scots published over the past twenty years, and show how they participate in a wider ideological debate on language and society in Scotland.

The Industrial Novel

by Manfred Malzahn

Published in The History of Scottish Literature. Volume 4: Twentieth Century, ed. Cairns Craig

"Coming to Terms with Industrial Scotland: Two 'Proletarian' Novels of the 1930s (George Blake: The Shipbuilders, James Barke: Major Operation)"

by Manfred Malzahn

Published in Studies in Scottish Fiction 1900-1950, ed. Joachim Schwend

"Manfred Malzahn ... gives a good analysis of The Shipbuilders and Major Operation and employs illuminating... more "Manfred Malzahn ... gives a good analysis of The Shipbuilders and Major Operation and employs illuminating American parallels concerning friendships between men of different classes and marriage as an allegory of failed class relationships." (Beth Dickson, "1900-1990. Prose and Drama", in Scottish Literary Journal. The Year's Work in Scottish Literary and Linguistic Studies, 1990)

"Pithead Metaphysics: Tom Hanlin's Once in Every Lifetime"

by Manfred Malzahn

Published in ScotLit 8

"Literature and Legend: Neil Paterson's The China Run"

by Manfred Malzahn

Published in Scottish Book Collector. Collecting and Literary Magazine 5/3

"'Yet at the start of every season hope springs up': Robin Jenkins's The Thistle and the Grail"

by Manfred Malzahn

Published in Studies in Scottish Fiction: 1945 to the Present, ed. Susanne Hagemann