Title: Bannockburns : Scottish independence and literary imagination, 1314-2014 /
Authors: Crawford, Robert, 1959-
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press,
Year: 2014
Subjects: Scottish literature History.; Bannockburn, Battle of, Scotland, 1314 In literature.; Bannockburn, Battle of, Scotland, 1314 Influence.; Self-determination, National Scotland.; English literature Scottish influences; Scotland History Autonomy and independence movements.
Abstract: Explores how the 1314 Scottish victory has been interpreted and reinterpreted from medieval epics through the Romantic period of Robert Burns, to the 21st century when it has been linked to Scots independence from Great Britain.
Contents: Writing Bannockburn -- Burns and Bannockburns -- Beyond Scotland -- Difficult modern Scots -- Voting for a Scottish democracy.