Bannockburns: Scottish Independence and Literary Imagination, 1314-2014

by Robert Crawford

Book Overview

How writers have imagined the idea of Scottish independence over 700 years

Poet and critic Robert Crawford explores in eloquent detail the literary-cultural background to Scottish nationalism in the lead-up to the referendum on independence for Scotland in September 2014. He begins with the totemic Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, in which the Scots routed the English and preserved their independence until the two nations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748685847
• ISBN13: 9780748685844
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"