'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.

Citation

Boccardi, M. (2007). 'Pedlars of their nation's past: Douglas Galbraith, James Robertson and the new historical novel'. In B. Schoene (Ed.), The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature (97-105). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

• 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