Pointed Encounters : Pointed Encounters: Dance in Post-Culloden Scottish Literature [1 ed.] 9789401211116, 9789042038691

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Pointed Encounters

Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature Volume 23

Series Editors Rhona Brown, University of Glasgow John Corbett, University of Macau  Sarah Dunnigan, University of Edinburgh Ronnie Young, University of Glasgow Associate Editor James McGonigal, University of Glasgow  Production Editor Gillian Sargent, University of Glasgow

SCROLL The Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature publishes new work in Scottish Studies, with a focus on analysis and reinterpretation of the literature and languages of Scotland, and the cultural contexts that have shaped them. .

Further information on our editorial and production procedures can be found at www.rodopi.nl

Pointed Encounters Dance in Post-Culloden Scottish Literature

Anne McKee Stapleton

Amsterdam - New York, NY 2014

“SCROLL gratefully acknowledge the support of the University of Macau in the production of this volume.” Cover Image: David Allan, A Highland Dance, Scottish National Gallery The paper on which this book is printed meets the requirements of “ISO 9706: 1994, Information and documentation - Paper for documents Requirements for permanence”. ISBN: 978-90-420-3869-1 E-Book ISBN: 978-94-012-1111-6 © Editions Rodopi B.V., Amsterdam - New York, NY 2014 Printed in The Netherlands

 

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