Books in the International Companions to Scottish Literature series

John Galt (1779-1839) was a contemporary of Sir Walter Scott and Jane Austen, and a friend and biographer of Lord Byron. This INTERNATIONAL COMPANION examines Galt's writings in the social, economic, and religious contexts of their time.

Lewis Grassic Gibbon is one of the most important Scottish writers of the early twentieth century. This book gives a comprehensive overview of Gibbon's writing, placing him in the broader context of the social, political, and literary developments of his time, and provides readers with a comprehensive general introduction to his life and work.

Between 1400 and 1650 Scotland underwent a series of drastic changes, in court, culture, and religion. This International Companion traces the impact of these historical transformations on Scotland's literatures, in English, Gaelic, Latin and Scots, and provides a comprehensive overview to the major cultural developments of this turbulent age.

The period from 1650 to 1800 was a time of immense change in Scotland, witnessing the Union of 1707, the Jacobite Risings, and the flowering of the Scottish Enlightenment, alongside religious, economic, and social upheavals. This International Companion shows how Scotland's literary cultures, in English, Gaelic, Latin, and Scots, were transformed.

A range of leading international scholars provide the reader with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the extraordinary richness and diversity of Scotland's poetry, from early medieval texts to contemporary writers, examining English, Gaelic, Latin and Scots verse.