'Pedlars of their nation's past: Douglas Galbraith, James Robertson and the new historical novel'

Boccardi, Mariadele

Abstract

The essay examines two post-devolution Scottish historical novels and relates their subject matter and narrative strategies to the competing discourses of Scottishness from Walter Scott's Waverley to the devolution settlement.

• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2007
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 97-105
• Book Title: The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature
• ISBN: 9780748623952
• Keywords: scottish fiction, devolution, historical novel, nation and representation
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1028518
• Publisher URL: http://www.euppublishing.com/book/9780748623969