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Kailyard, Scottish literary criticism, and the fiction of J. M. Barrie
(University of St Andrews, 1998-12) - ThesisThis thesis argues that the term Kailyard is not a body of literature or cultural discourse, but a critical concept which has helped to construct controlling parameters for the discussion of literature and culture in ... -
A study of eighteenth century drama in Scotland, 1660-1760
(University of St Andrews, 1956-07) - Thesis -
In search of a national voice : some similarities between Scottish and Canadian poetry 1860-1930
(University of St Andrews, 1981) - ThesisThe work is a study of poetry in Scotland and Canada in the period 1860-1930, with a special emphasis on the influence of nationalism. A discussion of the problems of literary nationalism in both countries is followed by ... -
Beyond the antisyzygy : Bakhtin and some modern Scottish writers
(University of St Andrews, 1997-06) - ThesisThis dissertation shows how beneficial the ideas of the Russian literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin are when used to investigate both classical and more recent Scottish writing. An exploration of how a desire for a Scottish ... -
Theatre and anti-theatre in the plays of Harold Pinter
(University of St Andrews, 1985-07) - ThesisThis is an analytical study of Harold Pinter's drama in the light of its reconciliation of elements culled from the symbolic anti-theatre movements that have flourished on the continent (especially in France) and elements ...