Abstract
The refusal of innovative Scottish fiction published in the 1980s and 1990s to appeal to community as a solution to social alienation has led to it being accused of nihilism. This chapter explores this stylistic ambivalence through a case study of Janice Galloway’s The Trick is to Keep Breathing.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Community in Modern Scottish Literature |
| Editors | Scott Lyall |
| Place of Publication | Leiden |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Chapter | 8 |
| Pages | 160-178 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789004317451 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789004317444 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 30 May 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature |
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| Volume | 25 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1571-0734 |
Keywords
- alienation
- contemporary Scottish fiction
- community
- critique
- Janice Galloway
- The Trick is to Keep Breathing
- William McIlvanney
- The Kiln
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Alex Thomson
- School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures - Head of School in Literatures, Languages and Cultures
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