Output details
29 - English Language and Literature
University of Edinburgh
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Book title
Scotland and the Fictions of Geography : North Britain 1760–1830
Type
A - Authored book
Publisher of book
Cambridge University Press
ISBN of book
978-0-52-189514-9
Year of publication
2008
URL
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Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
Yes
Double-weighted statement
This monograph, six years in preparation, develops a detailed reassessment of national identities in its period. Based in original research into a very extensive range of material from the period 1750-1830, it draws evidence from works of fiction, history, geography, philosophy, travel (from the Scottish Border to the Arctic) and the theory of language . It reads, for example, George Chalmers’ monumental geographical work Caledonia alongside the anthropology of Lord Monboddo, and the linguistic ideas of Hugh Blair. This complex range of material which informs its readings of both major and neglected authors underlies the request for double-weighting.
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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