The impact of Latin culture on medieval and early modern Scottish writing
- Submitting institution
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University of St Andrews
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 266203347
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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10.2307/j.ctv19x4mn
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications
- ISBN
- 9781580442817
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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A - Medieval and Renaissance
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This book is given extra edge by the recent upsurge in public discussion about Scottish national identity and consciousness within the wider debate on Europe – issues also preoccupying medieval and early modern times. Both editors practise a distinctly international, collaborative, interdisciplinary approach. For the attributed individual, this output is part of their larger research programme exemplified by their Europewide co-working with colleagues in the COST Action New Communities of Interpretation and in continuing collaborations on practices of medieval and early modern self-commentary in Latin and vernacular textuality across Europe and beyond. The first section of the book accordingly concentrates on the classical and medieval Latin heritage’s influence on Scottish literature; the second part on the roles Latinity played in the shaping of Scottish identity and nationhood; the third offers three unique case studies, each extrapolating to the collection’s wider thematic considerations. The Afterword sets contributions against the context of current and historical debates.
This book has had two main factors at work in its conception and development: Firstly, many essays derive from papers delivered at Natio Scota, the Thirteenth International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language and Literature, Padua, 2011. Secondly, the editors were particularly motivated to restore the routinely international nature of Scottish literary and linguistic culture to its rightful place through the prism of Europewide Latinity. This is reflected not only in the international distribution of contributors, but also of their individual research.
The attributed individual's work in editing involved helping contributors’ interpretative and methodological rigour, and improving the clarity and organisation of their arguments and readability of their prose. They had a particular role in supporting non-native speakers by bringing their English to native-speaker standard. Co-editors negotiated the contract with the press, whom they endeavoured to keep up to speed throughout the entire publishing process.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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