Celtic Connections; Irish-Scottish Relations and the Politics of Culture (38) (Reimagining Ireland)

While a number of published works approach the shared concerns of Ireland and Scotland, no major volume has offered a sustained and up-to-date analysis of the cultural connections between the two, despite the fact that these border crossings continue to be politically suggestive. The current collection addresses this area of comparative critical neglect, focusing on writers, from Charles Robert Maturin to Liam McIlvanney, whose work offers insights into debates about identity and politics in these two neighbour nations, too often overwhelmed by connections with their larger neighbour, England. The essays in this collection are distinct yet connected, and are designed to come together like the intricate cross-bars and precise patterning of the plaid to capture the complexity of the Celtic connections they address. They move from pre-history to postmodernism, from Gothic to Gaelic and from Macbeth to Marxism, incorporating gender and genre, and providing a detailed survey of responses to the Irish-Scottish paradigm. Contents Acknowledgements WILLY MALEY AND ALISON O’MALLEY YOUNGER Introduction: Twilight to Tiger JOHN STRACHAN Charles Robert Maturin, Roman Catholicism and Melmoth the Wanderer ALISON O’MALLEY-YOUNGER Doctors and Devils: Diagnosing Racial Degeneracy in Stevenson’s Gothic Ficti LAUREN CLARK Second Cities of Empire: Celtic Consumerism Exhibited MASAYA SHIMOKUSU ‘True poetic comrades’: Mineko Matsumura and the Reception of Fiona Macleod in J WILLY MALEY AND NIALL O’GALLAGHER Coming Clean about the Red and the Green: Celtic Communism in Mac DEIRDRE O’BYRNE ‘My ways are my own’: Female, Family and Farm in Hanna Bell’s December Bride MARTYN COLEBROOK ‘There is something narcotic in watching a war unfold on your doorstep, knowing all EMILY A. RAVENSCROFT AND JAMES MOLLISON Macbeth in Maghaberry: Corrupting Power Relations with the S STEFANIE LEHNER AND CILLIAN MCGRATTAN The Confidence Game: Rebranding Irish and Scottish Cultures Notes on Contributors Index This collection offers a sustained and up-to-date analysis of the cultural connections between Ireland and Scotland. It focuses on writers, from Charles Robert Maturin to Liam McIlvanney, whose work offers insights into debates around identity and politics in the two nations, often overwhelmed by connections with their larger neighbour, England. Willy Maley And Alison O'malley-younger (eds.) Includes Bibliographical References And Index.