From Trocchi to Trainspotting: Scottish Critical Theory Since 1960

by Michael Gardiner

Book Overview

This book charts the course of Scottish Critical Theory since the 1960s. It provocatively argues that 'French' critical-theoretical ideas have developed in tandem with Scottish writing during this period. Its themes can be read as a breakdown in Scottish Enlightenment thinking after empire - precisely the process which permitted the rise of 'theory'.The book places within a wider theoretical context writers such as Muriel Spark, Edwin Morgan, Ian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748622330
• ISBN13: 9780748622337
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"