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CROSSING THE HIGHLAND LINE IN THE 19th CENTURY cross-currents in Scottish writing ASLS Annual Conference 2012 Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye Friday 8th – Sunday 10th June, 2012 The nineteenth century saw the romanticisation of the Highlander, the rise of tartanry and the emergence of the modern Scottish tourist industry. It also witnessed the worst excesses of the Clearances and the beginnings of an exodus from the Highlands to the industrial cities and to the colonies. This conference will examine the literary culture of Scotland – Highland and Lowland – during this transformational period, and will explore its interactions and intersections.

 

LITERARY TOURISM, THE TROSSACHS AND WALTER SCOTT ASLS Occasional papers series 16 Edited by Ian Brown Eleven essays examining tourism in the Trossachs both before and after 1810, surveying the indigenous Gaelic culture of the area, exploring how Sir Walter’s writings responded to the landscape, history and literature of the region, and tracing his impact on the tourists, authors and artists who thronged in his wake.

 

SCOTTISH & INTERNATIONAL MODERNISMS Relationships and Reconfigurations ASLS Occasional papers series 15 Edited by Emma Dymock & Margery Palmer McCulloch This collection of essays illustrates the strongly international and modernist dimension of Scotland’s interwar revival, and illuminates the relationships between Scottish and non-Scottish writers and contexts. It also includes two chapters on the contribution made to this revival by Scottish visual art and music.

 

AN CUILITHIONN 1939 THE CUILLIN 1939 & UNPUBLISHED POEMS Somhairle MacGill-Eain / Sorley MacLean Edited by Christopher Whyte “A defiant affirmation of Gaelic cultural pride ... A triumph.” — The Scotsman Shortlisted for the 2011 Scottish Book of the Year award.

Last updated 17 February 2012