Pittock, M. (2007) Allan Ramsay and the decolonisation of genre. Review of English Studies, 58(235), pp. 316-337. (doi: 10.1093/res/hgl138)
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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/res/hgl138
Abstract
This article argues that Allan Ramsay's earlier reputation as an avatar of Romantic practice has been lost in the critical turn of the post-war era. More recently, the renewed trend towards historicising Romanticism has contributed to increasing interest in Ramsay as an early collector and adapter of popular forms: but these accounts have not explored the range or depth of his innovation in not only bringing song-collecting into the canon, but also inflecting elite genres into vernacular forms and ironically commenting on Addisonian politeness through the creation of a synthetic Scots. ‘Allan Ramsay and the Decolonization of Genre’ examines Ramsay's work in these areas in the cultural and political context of the Edinburgh of his day, focussing in particular on his use of elegy and pastoral to define the concerns and shape of a future Scottish literature.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Pittock, Professor Murray |
Authors: | Pittock, M. |
Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature |
College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Literature |
Journal Name: | Review of English Studies |
ISSN: | 0034-6551 |
ISSN (Online): | 1471-6968 |
Published Online: | 04 May 2007 |
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