Rapt in plaid
Subtitle: Canadian literature and Scottish tradition
By: Elizabeth Waterston.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Toronto
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Canadian literature (English) -- Scottish influences.; Canadian literature (English) -- History and criticism.; Literature, Comparative -- Scottish and Canadian (English); Scottish literature -- History and criticism.; English literature -- Scottish authors -- History and criticism.
Description: "Rapt in Plaid combines reflection, criticism, and memoir to illustrate a curious and long-lasting connection between Scottish and Canadian literary traditions. Examples drawn from genres including lyric poetry, narrative romance, war fiction, children's literature, sentimental fiction, thrillers, domestic novels, and short stories link Canadian writers such as John Richardson, Isabella Valancy Crawford, Sinclair Ross, Hugh MacLennan, Margaret Laurence, and W. O.

Mitchell to Scottish writers such as Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Thomas Carlyle, J. M. Barrie, Robert Louis Stevenson, John Buchan, and George Mackay Brown."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-325) and index.

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