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J.M. Barrie’s critical reputation is unusually problematic. Originally viewed as a genius to rank with Shaw and Wilde, Barrie soon fell victim to damaging psychological theories about his life and his patriotism. The few critics who have commented on Barrie have colluded with dominant myths about a figure who, like his most famous creation, never grew up, who abandoned Scotland and made light of his own people when serious social analyses of the nation’s condition were called for, and who scorned the opportunities of University learning when at Edinburgh. Myths and the Mythmaker attempts to challenge these myths and offer a just revaluation of Barrie’s genius. Through closely focused textual analyses, it dispels the popular images of Barrie as “escapist” writer and immature, mother-fixated artist. It seeks to replace the narrow prose canon on which the “Oedipal” and “Kailyard” myths are based with a thorough account of his Victorian apprenticeship. New research into Barrie’s early work and criticism show the enduring influence of his Edinburgh education on his creative writing, his academic articles, and his own complex views on artistic genius.

Barrie, J. M. --- Barrie, James Matthew, --- Barri, Dzheĭms, --- Bari, G'ems, --- Bêrī, Jemsa, --- Барри, Джеймс, --- ברי, ג׳יימס --- גפן, סיגל --- J. M. バリ, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- English literature --- Scottish authors --- History and criticism.

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Psychological fiction, English --- Psychoanalysis and literature --- Youth in literature --- Boys in literature --- Myth in literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Literature --- Literature and psychoanalysis --- Psychoanalytic literary criticism --- Literature --- History and criticism --- Psychological study of literature --- psychologie --- jeugdliteratuur --- Barrie, James Matthew --- Barrie, J.M. --- Barrie, J. M. --- Peter Pan --- Knowledge --- Psychology. --- Pan, Peter --- Piotrús Pan --- Barrie, James Matthew, --- Barri, Dzheĭms, --- Bari, G'ems, --- Bêrī, Jemsa, --- Барри, Джеймс, --- ברי, ג׳יימס --- גפן, סיגל --- J. M. バリ, --- Psychoanalysis and literature. --- Youth in literature. --- Boys in literature. --- Myth in literature. --- History and criticism.

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For more than a century, the word 'Kailyard' has been a focal point of Scottish literary and cultural debate. Originally a term of literary criticism, it has come to be used, often pejoratively, across a whole range of academic and popular discourse. Historians, politicians and critics of Scottish film and media have joined literary scholars in using the term to set out a diagnosis of Scottish culture. This is the first comprehensive study of the subject. Andrew Nash traces the origins of the Kailyard diagnosis in the nineteenth century and considers the critical concerns that gave rise to it. He then provides a full reassessment of the literature most commonly associated with the term – the fiction of J.M. Barrie, S.R. Crockett and Ian Maclaren. Placing this work in more appropriate contexts, he considers the literary, social and religious imperatives that underpinned it and discusses the impact of these writers in the publishing world. These chapters are succeeded by detailed analysis of the various ways in which the term has been used in wider discussions of Scottish literature and culture. Discussing literary criticism, film studies, and political and sociological analyses of Scotland, Nash shows how Kailyard, as a critical term, helps expose some of the key issues in Scottish cultural debate in the twentieth century, including discussions over national representation, popular culture and the parochialism of Scottish culture.

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