Scottish Fiction and the British Empire

The late Douglas S. Mack was formerly Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Stirling.

• 1. Introduction: Opening the Boarded Window; 2. 'We too Might have a Story to Tell': Competing Narratives and Imperial Power; 3. The Journey North: Competing Narratives about the Scottish Highlands; 4. 'The Rage of Fanaticism in Former Times': Competing Narratives about Lowland Radicals; 5. 'King and Country': Competing Twentieth-Century Narratives about War and Empire; 6. Post-Imperial Voices: Current Writings from Scotland and the Scottish Diaspora.

...it is a welcome addition to the body of criticism on the international contexts of Scottish Literature... BARS Bulletin and Review Mack's study is impressive in its ability to trace connections between such diverse texts as, for instance, Scott's Waverley and Buchan's Prester John, and in its smooth transitions between detailed analyses of individual novels, biographical sketches of both authors, and broader historical and cultural perspectives. As such, its appeal is both to readers who are not familiar with Scottish history and literature, and to the specialist. Archiv fur das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen Douglas Mack is a leading James Hogg scholar. The pages on Buchan's Prester John are among the best in the book. ...it is a welcome addition to the body of criticism on the international contexts of Scottish Literature... Mack's study is impressive in its ability to trace connections between such diverse texts as, for instance, Scott's Waverley and Buchan's Prester John, and in its smooth transitions between detailed analyses of individual novels, biographical sketches of both authors, and broader historical and cultural perspectives. As such, its appeal is both to readers who are not familiar with Scottish history and literature, and to the specialist.