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Scott-land

by Stuart Kelly

ISBN: 9781846971792
Imprint: Polygon
Publication Date: Apr 2011
Format: Paperback (eBook also available)
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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‘In a smart, refreshingly uncynical book, Kelly examines Scott, Scotland and himself in an intelligent, lively analysis of a great small country,' - Ian Finlayson, The Times

'Erudite, witty and challenging' - Ian Wall, Scottish Review of Books

His name and image are everywhere – from Bank of Scotland fivers to the bizarre monument in Edinburgh’s city centre. Scott-land presumes that the reader will have only a hazy awareness of Sir Walter Scott, and, although Stuart Kelly will offer insights into Scott’s works and biography, this is emphatically not a conventional literary biography, nor is it a critical study. Partly a surreptitious autobiography.

Stuart Kelly was raised in the Scottish Borders and studied English at Balliol College Oxford, gaining a first class degree and a Master of Studies. He is the Literary Editor of Scotland on Sunday and a freelance critic and writer.

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