A Scottish national canon?
Subtitle: processes of literary canon formation in Scotland
By: Stefanie Preuss
Series: Anglistische Forschungen -- Bd. 427; Anglistische Forschungen -- Heft 427.
Publisher: Winter
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Heidelberg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9783825360139
Subjects: Scottish literature; Canon (Literature); Scottish authors; English literature; History and criticism
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (University of Bern).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-381).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Literary canon formation in Scotland; title: Theoretical preconsiderations: the canon of a stateless nation; title: Secondary education: canon and curriculum; title: Higher education and academia: guards of interpretation; title: Literary histories: creating a "usable past"; title: Anthologies: collecting the material canon; title: Publishers and literary series: gatekeepers of classics; title: Authors and texts: intertextual encounters; title: Conclusion: a Scottish national canon?