Showing Scotland's Books: The Penguin History of Scottish Literature by Robert Crawford

Paperback. Pub Date: 08 May 2007 Pages: 848 Publisher: Penguin From Treasure Island to Trainspotting. Scotland's Rich literary tradition has influenced writing across CENTURIES and Cultures FAR beyond its Borders. Here. TIME for the first is a single VOLUME Presenting the glories of fifteen centuries of Scottish literature. In Scotland's Books poet Robert Crawford tells the story of Scottish writing and its relationship to the country's history. Stretching from the medieval masterpiece of St Columba's Iona - the earliest surviving Scottish work - to the imaginative. thriving world of twenty-first-century writing with authors such as Ali Smith and James Kelman. this outstanding collection traces the development of literature in Scotland and explores the cultural. linguistic and literary heritage of the nation. It includes extracts from the writing discussed to give a flavour ...