Compatriots or Competitors?: Welsh, Scottish, English and Northern Irish Writing and Brexit in Comparative Contexts

by Hywel Dix

A literary study of a productive unionist and nationalist tension in contemporary British culture.

As Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales gain self-governance from England, writers in these nations face new pressures to create distinctly national literatures. Compatriots or Competitors? examines the artistic tension in this work, as writers both emulate neighboring traditions and reinforce distinctions between nations. Across...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786839342
• ISBN13: 9781786839343
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"