Edinburgh University Press The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Romanticism (Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature)

The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Romanticism is the first book for students in a field which has seen major developments in monograph publication, textual editions, international conferences and teaching practice in the last five years. It brings together some of the leading scholars in the field (e.g. Ian Duncan, Peter Garside, Brean Hammond, Nigel Leask, Fiona Stafford, Katie Trumpener) with a number of exciting new approaches to a distinctively Scottish Romanticism in literary theory, religious studies, music and song and the thematic use of non standard English. The main authors, groups of writers and the wider context are all covered in a volume which offers the rare possibility of redefining literary history at the same time as acting as a supporting student textbook. In a single volume, critical voices from the UK, US, Ireland and Spain examine the central authors and themes of the era in a way which combines the core scholarship of the era with fresh approaches. Key Features: *First and only student guide to Scottish Romanticism which captures the best of critical debate as well as presenting new approaches to the subject *International team of leading scholars who have themselves helped to define the study of the period *Exciting interdisciplinary methodology *Completely distinctive volume in a world of homogenous Romantic readers/companions