Scotland and the First World War: Myth, Memory and the Legacy of Bannockburn is a collection of new interdisciplinary essays interrogating the trans-historical myths of nation, belonging and martial identity that shaped Scotland's encounter with the First World War. In a series of thematically linked essays, experts from the fields of literature, history and cultural studies examine how Scotland remembers war, and how remembering war has shaped Scotland.
Scotland and the First World War: Myth, Memory and the Legacy of Bannockburn is a collection of new interdisciplinary essays interrogating the trans-historical myths of nation, belonging and martial identity that shaped Scotland's encounter with the First World War. In a series of thematically linked essays, experts from the fields of literature, history and cultural studies examine how Scotland remembers war, and how remembering war has shaped Scotland.
Edited by Gill Plain - Contributions by Fran Brearton; Michael Brown; Caroline McCracken-Flesher; Robert Crawford; Stefan Goebel; David Goldie; Margaret R. Higonnet; Catriona M.M. MacDonald; Peter Mackay; Graeme Morton and Carol Symes
Inhaltsangabe
Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Anniversary Culture and the legacy of Bannockburn Gill Plain Part I: Anniversary Culture 1. Missing Dates and Magic Numbers: Reflections on 1914 Fran Brearton 2. Bruce, Wallace and the Diminished Present, 1800-1964 Graeme Morton Part II: Making the Myths of War and Nation 3. "Men Brave And Strong": Bannockburn, the Auld Alliance and Scottish Martial Identity in the Late Middle Ages Michael Brown 4. "Not my land's hills": War and the Problem of Scottish Homecoming Caroline McCracken-Flesher 5. Medieval Battlefields and National Narratives, 1830-1918 Carol Symes 6. Bannockburn after Baston Robert Crawford Part III: Making the Memory of the First World War 7. "The Spirit of the Crusaders": Scottish Peculiarities, British Commonalities and European Convergences in the Memorialisation of the Great War Stefan Goebel 8. Buchan, Bannockburn and Beyond: popular histories of Scotland's martial past Catriona M. M. Macdonald 9. Women, War and Internationalism: Notes towards a Counter-History Margaret R. Higonnet 10. Freedom from judgement above? Predestination and Cultural Trauma in Scottish Gaelic Poetry of World War I Peter Mackay 11. Shades of Bruce: Independence and Union in First-World War Scottish Literature David Goldie Bibliography Notes on Contributors
Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Anniversary Culture and the legacy of Bannockburn Gill Plain Part I: Anniversary Culture 1. Missing Dates and Magic Numbers: Reflections on 1914 Fran Brearton 2. Bruce, Wallace and the Diminished Present, 1800-1964 Graeme Morton Part II: Making the Myths of War and Nation 3. "Men Brave And Strong": Bannockburn, the Auld Alliance and Scottish Martial Identity in the Late Middle Ages Michael Brown 4. "Not my land's hills": War and the Problem of Scottish Homecoming Caroline McCracken-Flesher 5. Medieval Battlefields and National Narratives, 1830-1918 Carol Symes 6. Bannockburn after Baston Robert Crawford Part III: Making the Memory of the First World War 7. "The Spirit of the Crusaders": Scottish Peculiarities, British Commonalities and European Convergences in the Memorialisation of the Great War Stefan Goebel 8. Buchan, Bannockburn and Beyond: popular histories of Scotland's martial past Catriona M. M. Macdonald 9. Women, War and Internationalism: Notes towards a Counter-History Margaret R. Higonnet 10. Freedom from judgement above? Predestination and Cultural Trauma in Scottish Gaelic Poetry of World War I Peter Mackay 11. Shades of Bruce: Independence and Union in First-World War Scottish Literature David Goldie Bibliography Notes on Contributors
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309
