The Edinburgh Companion to James Kelman.
Title:
The Edinburgh Companion to James Kelman.
Author:
Shanks, Paul.
ISBN:
9780748642885
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Series:
Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- Brief Biography of James Kelman -- Introduction -- Literary Forms -- CHAPTER ONE Early Kelman -- CHAPTER TWO How late it was, how late and Literary Value -- CHAPTER THREE Kelman's Later Novels -- CHAPTER FOUR Kelman and the Short Story -- CHAPTER FIVE Kelman's Critical and Polemical Writing -- CHAPTER SIX Kelman's Drama -- II Critical Contexts -- CHAPTER SEVEN Kelman's Glasgow Sentence -- CHAPTER EIGHT Kelman's Art-Speech -- CHAPTER NINE Kelman and World English -- CHAPTER TEN Kelman and Masculinity -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Kelman and the Existentialists -- Endnotes -- Further Reading -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
James Kelman is one of the most important Scottish writers now living. This book attempts to clarify his literary influences and to illuminate his political commitments. It is the first book to cover the full range and depth of Kelman's work, explaining his position within genres such as the short story and the polemical essay, and tracing his interest in anti-colonial politics and existential thought. Chapters combine lucid accounts of the heated debates surrounding Kelman's writing, with a sharp focus on the techniques of that writing itself.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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