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Uneasy Subjects : Postcolonialism and Scottish Gaelic Poetry.
Scottish and "Celtic fringe" postcolonialism has caused much controversy and unease in literary studies. Can the non-English territories and peoples of the British Isles, faced with centuries of English hegemony, be meaningfully compared to former overseas colonies? This book is the first...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Gaelic |
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Amsterdam :
Rodopi,
2011.
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| Colección: | SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature, 17.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Scottish and "Celtic fringe" postcolonialism has caused much controversy and unease in literary studies. Can the non-English territories and peoples of the British Isles, faced with centuries of English hegemony, be meaningfully compared to former overseas colonies? This book is the first comprehensive study of this topic which offers an in-depth study of Gaelic literature. It investigates the complex interplay between Celticity, Gaeldom, Scottish and British national identity, and international colonial and postcolonial discourse. It situates post/colonial elements in Gaelic poetry within a w. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (379 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-369) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789401200578 9401200572 |