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This book addresses the poetics of space and place in Scottish literature. Focusing chiefly on twentieth- and twenty-first century texts, with acknowledgement of historical and philosophical contexts, the essays address representation, narrative form, the work of the poetic, perception and experience. Major genres and forms are discussed, and authors as diverse as George Mackay Brown, Kathleen Jamie, Ken McLeod and Kei Miller are presented through theoretically informed, historically contextualized close readings. Additionally considering the role of dialect and region in the poetry and fiction of modern Scotland, the volume argues for an appreciation of the cultural diversity of Scottish writers while highlighting the overarching presence of a connection between self and world, subject and place within Scottish literature.

Scottish literature --- History and criticism. --- Literature, Modern-20th century. --- Poetry. --- British literature. --- Contemporary Literature. --- Poetry and Poetics. --- British and Irish Literature. --- Poems --- Poetry --- Verses (Poetry) --- Literature --- Philosophy --- Literature, Modern—20th century. --- Literature, Modern—21st century. --- Literature, Modern --- European literature. --- European Literature. --- European literature --- 20th century. --- 21st century.

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This book examines how contemporary Scottish writers and artists revisit and reclaim nature in the political and aesthetic context of devolved Scotland. Camille Manfredi investigates the interaction of landscape aesthetics and strategies of spatial representation in Scotland’s twenty-first-century literature and arts, focusing on the apparatuses designed by nature writers, poets, performers, walking artists and visual artists to physically and intellectually engage with the land and re-present it to themselves and to the world. Through a comprehensive analysis of a variety of site-specific artistic practices, artworks and publications, this book investigates the works of Scotland-based artists including Linda Cracknell, Kathleen Jamie, Thomas A. Clark, Gerry Loose, John Burnside, Alec Finlay, Hamish Fulton, Hanna Tuulikki and Roseanne Watt, with a view to exploring the ongoing re-invention of a territory-bound identity that dwells on an inclusive sense of place, as well as on a complex renegotiation with the time and space of Scotland.

Scottish literature --- Scots literature --- British literature --- History and criticism. --- British literature. --- Literature, Modern-20th century. --- Communication. --- Environmental sciences. --- British and Irish Literature. --- Contemporary Literature. --- Environmental Communication. --- Environmental science --- Science --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Sociology --- Literature, Modern—20th century. --- Literature, Modern—21st century. --- European literature. --- Literature, Modern --- Communication in the environmental sciences. --- European Literature. --- Communication in environmental sciences --- Environmental sciences --- Literature --- European literature --- 20th century. --- 21st century.