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  1. Bannockburns
    Scottish independence and literary imagination, 1314-2014
    Publisher:  Edinburgh University Press Ltd, Edinburgh

    Poet and critic Robert Crawford explores in eloquent detail the literary-cultural background to Scottish nationalism in the lead-up to the referendum on independence for Scotland in September 2014. He begins with the totemic Battle of Bannockburn in... more

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    Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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    Poet and critic Robert Crawford explores in eloquent detail the literary-cultural background to Scottish nationalism in the lead-up to the referendum on independence for Scotland in September 2014. He begins with the totemic Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, in which the Scots routed the English and preserved their independence until the two nations peacefully united in 1707. Continuing up to the present day, he examines how writers have set out in poetry, fiction, plays and on film the ideal of Scottish independence. Publication coincides with the 700-year anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, 1314-2014. This engagingly written volume begins with an English poet-in-residence at the 1314 battle. The book then traces how that famous victory has been interpreted and reinterpreted imaginatively. It moves from vivid medieval epics in several languages through the Romantic political imagination of Robert Burns to the striking part played by twenty-first-century poets, novelists, and dramatists in creative attempts to answer the 2014 question: 'Should Scotland be an independent country?' Here are the nationalist poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid and the gore of Braveheart and Black Watch; the Surrey novelist who celebrates Scotland's political freedom in her international best-seller, and the bisexual Jewish American who develops a nuanced theory of Scottish nationalism in opposition to the oppressive rhetoric of fascism. Bannockburns concludes with a spirited discussion of literature and Scotland's 2014 referendum. From The Bruce to contemporary literature and modern-day campaigning, Bannockburns is revelatory Writing Bannockburn -- Burns and Bannockburns -- Beyond Scotland -- Difficult Modern Scots -- Voting for a Scottish Democracy.

     
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  2. Bannockburns
    Scottish independence and literary imagination, 1314-2014
    Author: Crawford, Robert
    Published: [2014]
    Publisher:  Edinburgh University Press Ltd, Edinburgh

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780748685851; 0748685855; 9781306465328; 130646532X; 9780748685868; 0748685863; 9780748685837; 0748685839; 9780748685844; 0748685847
    Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Autonomy and independence movements; English literature / Scottish influences; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Literature; Scottish literature; Self-determination, National; Geschichte; Literatur; Array; Unabhängigkeit <Motiv>; Literatur
    Scope: 1 online resource (vii, 280 pages)
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    Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EbscoHost, viewed March 17, 2014)

    Writing Bannockburn -- Burns and Bannockburns -- Beyond Scotland -- Difficult Modern Scots -- Voting for a Scottish Democracy