Recognises the richness of women s contribution to Scottish literatureBy combining historical spread with a thematic structure this volume explores the ways in which gender has shaped literary output and addresses the changing situations in which women lived and wrote It places the work of established writers such as Margaret Oliphant Naomi Mitchison and A L Kennedy in new contexts and discusses the writing of critically neglected figures such as Sileas na Ceapaich Mary Queen of Scots Anne Grant Janet Hamilton Isabella Bird F Marion McNeill and Denise Mina There are chapters on women in Gaelic culture women s relationship to oral traditions and to key literary periods women s engagements with nationalism with space with genre fiction and with the activity of reading Includes innovative scholarship from leading critics of gender and Scottish Studies including Sarah Dunnigan Edinburgh Carol Anderson Open University Pam Perkins Manitoba Florence Boos Iowa Responds to current developments in the field of feminist and literary studiesIncludes an authoritative introduction and a guide to further reading

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