In August 2008, the twelfth in a series of biennial conferences on the Literature of Region and Nation was held at Aberdeen University in the North-East of Scotland. Over fifty scholars, representing no fewer than twenty different countries, convened for the occasion; and twenty-two of the papers presented are included in this volume. As at previous conferences in the series, the papers range widely in approach, in subject-matter and in geographical coverage: readers of this book will find explorations of literature from all five continents. The papers are arranged thematically: the central concepts of region and nation are examined in the first section; and subsequent sets of papers go on to consider literary and pictorial representations of places and people, literature of diaspora and exile (a keynote topic of the conference), the use of language (particularly non-standard languages) in literary texts, and artistic interactions between cultures. All the papers have been peer-reviewed, and some extensively revised. The collection demonstrates the vitality of scholarship in the field of regional literary studies.
Sons and daughters of Breogán: Scottish and Irish influence on Galician Language Literature
págs. 8-22
Nationalism and its Discontents: critiquing Scottish Criticism
págs. 23-39
"Silly Scotch Muck about Cottars and Women"?: The Regional, the National and the Universal in A Scots Quair
págs. 40-55
Picturing Postcolonialism: Paintings in Postcolonial Fiction, with Special Reference to the South African Novel
págs. 58-73
The Wearin' o' the Deep Green: Contemporary Irish Poetry and Environmentalism
págs. 74-96
Issues of memory, issues of identity: Interrogating Scotland's Mnemonic Fictions of the Caribbean
págs. 97-117
"Wild Men" and "Wild Notions": challenging prejudices about Scotland in Early Eighteenth-Century Travel Writing
págs. 118-134
From the Cairngorms to the Cordillera Real: representations of the Hihglands and Islands in Recent Scottish Fiction
págs. 135-148
Some uses of animals in literature: views, lifestyles and contentment
págs. 149-160
Discontented Donald and Compatriots: a Three-part Scottish Gaelic flyting from the margins of Canadian North-West
págs. 162-184
Exiles in Babylon: Scots in Australia
págs. 185-195
Exiled at home: Ovidian abandonment and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre
págs. 196-217
Hag-rid by Dumbledores: dialect in The Mayor of Casterbridge
Manfred Malzahn
págs. 220-235
John Jamieson and Hugh MacDiarmid: their views on the Scots Language and Scotish Lexicography
págs. 236-249
"All living language is sacred": Tom Leonard's use of dialect
págs. 250-266
"Bombarded with Words": language and region in George Lamming's In the Castle of my skin
págs. 267-292
Indefinite identity: the textual construction of ambiguitey in The Reluctant Fundamentalist
págs. 293-302
Archaeoastronomy in the Desert Southwest: the here and now
págs. 304-319
Rhyme(r) and reason: Thomas of Erceldoune, prophecy and Anglo-Scottish identity
págs. 320-335
Regional literatures and intercultural dialogue: the example of the Byrne Family
págs. 336-351
págs. 352-368
Truth and lies seen through literature: a brief look at dimensions of lying
págs. 369-390
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