A Bibliography of Robert Burns for the 21st Century: 1786-1802

A new descriptive bibliography of Robert Burns editions from the first (1786) to 1802, being the output of a pilot phase in research into the state of Burns & Bibliography since the last major attempt (Egerer: 1964)

Georgian Glasgow: the city remembered through literature, objects, and cultural memory theory

The core argument under discussion in this thesis is that Georgian Glasgow (1714-1837) has been largely overshadowed by the city’s unprecedented growth in the following centuries when it became a symbol of the industrial age. In this sense much of the work being done here is a form of cultural excavation: unearthing neglected histories from the past that tell us more than is presently known about the development of Glasgow. The thesis will engage with literature, history, and memory studies: a collective approach that allows for both general discussion of ideas as well as specific engagement with literature and objects. The larger issues to which these converging disciplines will be applied include the Scottish Enlightenment, religion, cultural identity, slavery, and diaspora. The thesis is developed chronologically through the Georgian period with contextual discussions of the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries at each stage. This results in a more rounded analysis of each theme while making the argument that Georgian Glasgow remains underrepresented in the public realm. The main historical figures that help this argument are: Robert and Andrew Foulis; Tobias Smollett; Adam Smith and James Boswell; and John Galt. Each of these main figures represent distinct themes that define the case studies of the argument. They are: print culture and religion; science and medicine; slavery; and transatlantic migration and colonisation. There are crossovers, for instance the points made about religion in chapter one may be utilised again in chapters two and four; while the very broad theme of the Scottish Enlightenment is discussed to varying degrees in every chapter. The methodology strives to discuss literary, historical, and theoretical memory studies together. In the latter field, the theories of the pre-eminent scholars underpin the case studies of people, places, and objects. Given the connection of this thesis to the major Glasgow Life exhibition, How Glasgow Flourished: 1714-1837 (2014), this interdisciplinary approach is able to reflect the public response to ‘Georgian Glasgow.’ The majority of these findings are revealed in the conclusion chapter, although the experience of working collaboratively with Glasgow Museums informed the thesis as a whole. While this thesis primarily aims to recover and engage with the forgotten aspects of Glasgow’s past, it is also shaped as a methodological template transferrable to other places and time periods. By engaging with the specialisms of academia and taking them into the public realm via other institutions, this thesis strives to remember Georgian Glasgow while outlining a practical process for cultural engagement elsewhere

Spatial humanities: mapping Edinburgh in the first age of Enlightenment

Describes the first phase of a digital project mapping social and cultural relationships in early 18th century Edinburgh, Scotland, part of a larger AHRC grant-funded study Allan Ramsay and Edinburgh in the First Age of the Enlightenment; explores interrelations between urban history, digital mapping, and emerging interest in the field of memory studies; and suggests links between the heterogeneous and cosmopolitan nature of housing in early 18th century Edinburgh and the Scottish Enlightenment culture of innovation

The beginning of a new bibliography of Robert Burns editions

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Burns in the heat of the South: rare books and modern technology

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'Some things to not forget, a collection of short stories in the Scottish tradition'

Strathclyde theses - ask staff. Thesis no. : T13152This thesis contains a collection of short stories followed by a critical essay examining the tradition of the Scottish short story. The collection itself is structured around the theme of memory; some stories have 'partner' stories which see the narrator of the first reappear in the second, representing a strand in time and inviting the reader to remember previous narrative voices, secondary characters, and settings. The stories which do not have distinctive links to others still deal with memory and the fear of the loss of memory. In total there are fifteen pieces of creative prose. The approach to contextualising the collection alongside other literary short story collections involved the reading and critical analysis of other writers, particularly James Kelman and George Mackay Brown. The thesis responds to the short story form more widely by analysing writers like James Joyce and critics such as Dominic Head. The essay outlines that establishing the recognisable characteristics of a short story is the first point in relating creative work to a genre; the second is applying those findings to the Scottish authors mentioned above in order to gain a viable parallel between them. Overall the thesis seeks to contribute to the tradition of short story writing in Scotland through the practice of creative writing intent on achieving a new narrative 'voice' which relates to those of previous literary generations.This thesis contains a collection of short stories followed by a critical essay examining the tradition of the Scottish short story. The collection itself is structured around the theme of memory; some stories have 'partner' stories which see the narrator of the first reappear in the second, representing a strand in time and inviting the reader to remember previous narrative voices, secondary characters, and settings. The stories which do not have distinctive links to others still deal with memory and the fear of the loss of memory. In total there are fifteen pieces of creative prose. The approach to contextualising the collection alongside other literary short story collections involved the reading and critical analysis of other writers, particularly James Kelman and George Mackay Brown. The thesis responds to the short story form more widely by analysing writers like James Joyce and critics such as Dominic Head. The essay outlines that establishing the recognisable characteristics of a short story is the first point in relating creative work to a genre; the second is applying those findings to the Scottish authors mentioned above in order to gain a viable parallel between them. Overall the thesis seeks to contribute to the tradition of short story writing in Scotland through the practice of creative writing intent on achieving a new narrative 'voice' which relates to those of previous literary generations

Finding Galt in Glasgow

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The beginning of a new bibliography of Robert Burns editions

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Finding Galt in Glasgow

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