The Edinburgh companion to Irvine Welsh /
The Companion provides a thorough, up-to-date and critical evaluation of Welsh's work. New innovative readings address questions of class, subculture and drug use, nationhood, gender and narrative experimentation with reference to broader developments-such as devolution and globalisation--withi...
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| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Press,
2010
Edinburgh : [2010], ©2010 Edinburgh : c2010 Edinburgh : ©2010 Edinburgh : [2010] |
| Series: | Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature
Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature |
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| Summary: | The Companion provides a thorough, up-to-date and critical evaluation of Welsh's work. New innovative readings address questions of class, subculture and drug use, nationhood, gender and narrative experimentation with reference to broader developments-such as devolution and globalisation--within contemporary Scottish, British and world culture."--Jacket The subcultural enfant terrible of devolutionary protest and rebellion, Irvine Welsh is now widely acknowledged as the founding father of a whole new tradition in post-devolation Scottish writing. The unprecedented worldwide success of Trainspotting, magnified by Danny Boyle's iconic film adaptation, revolutionised Scottish culture and radically remoulded the country's self-image, Although Welsh's career is very much an ongoing phenomenon, his influence on contemporary Scottish literary history is already indisputable "This series offers new insights into Scottish authors, periods and topics drawing on contemporary critical approaches |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | viii, 148 p. ; 24 cm viii, 148 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-142) and index Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-142) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-142) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0748639179 (hbk.) 0748639179 0748639187 (pbk.) 0748639187 9780748639175 (hbk.) 9780748639175 9780748639182 (pbk.) 9780748639182 |