Dondog d'Antoine Volodine et Marabou Stork Nightmares d'Irvine Welsh : mémoire collective et expression de l'indicible

Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal

The cotter's kailyard

An examination of the critical reception of the poetry of Robert Burns from his death in 1796 to the end of the nineteenth century. The essay shows how a selective reading of Burns's poems was used to construct and reinforce moral and political arguments, and argues that the identification of the poet as national Bard influenced ideas about Scottish literature generally in the nineteenth century.

Ghostly endings: the evolution of J.M. Barrie’s 'Farewell Miss Julie Logan'

This article critically examines the evolution of J.M. Barrie's final prose work, from working notes and manuscript to its two extant published versions.

Understanding the land in Scot(t)land

This essay discusses ideas of landscape in nineteenth-century Scottish literature, art, photography and tourism, showing the pervasive influence of the works of Sir Walter Scott on constructions of Scotland and Scottish identity.

[Publications].

Mode of access: Internet.

Readings in modern Scots from Allan Ramsay to the present day.

Mode of access: Internet.

Selections from the Aberdeen Magazine /

On spine: Aberdeen literature.

Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway song: with historical and traditional notices relative to the manners and customs of the peasantry.

Almost wholly the work of Allan Cunningham, who supplied Cromek with original poems, disguised as old ballads, etc. Whether Cromek suspected the imposition is not clear. cf. Dict. nat. biog. and D. Hogg, Life of A. Cunningham. 1875 (esp. p. 49-, & 79)

Literary tours in the Highlands and islands of Scotland.

Mode of access: Internet.