Scottish Literature and Postcolonial Literature

Using a comparative model and spanning over two hundred years of literary history from the eighteenth century to the contemporary, this collection of nineteen new essays by some of the leading figures in the field presents a range of perspectives on Scottish and postcolonial writing. The essays explore Scotland's position on both sides of the colonial divide and also its role as instigator of a devolutionary process with potential consequences for British Imperialism.

Michael Gardiner is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. His publications include: The Cultural Roots of British Devolution (2004) and Scottish Critical Theory Since 1960 (2006). He is a co-editor of The Edinburgh Companion to Muriel Spark (2010).
Graeme Macdonald is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. He is co-editor of Post-Theory: New Directions in Criticism (1999).
Niall O'Gallagher is an Honorary Research Associate in Glasgow University's Department of Celtic and Gaelic. He is the editor of Suil air an t-Saoghail: Buaidhean Eadar-naiseanta air Litreachas na Gaidhlig (2011), a collection of essays on international contexts for Scottish Gaelic writing.