Scotland And The First World War: Myth, Memory, And The Legacy Of Bannockburn

Synopsis

Scotland And The First World War : Myth, Memory And The Legacy Of Bannockburn Is A Collection Of New Interdisciplinary Essays Interrogating The Trans-historical Myths Of Nation, Belonging And Martial Identity That Shaped Scotland's Encounter With The First World War. In A Series Of Thematically Linked Essays, Experts From The Fields Of Literature, History And Cultural Studies Examine How Scotland Remembers War, And How Remembering War Has Shaped Scotland--provided By Publisher. Introduction: Anniversary Culture And The Legacy Of Bannockburn / Gill Plain -- Part I. Anniversary Culture -- Missing Dates And Magic Numbers : Reflections On 1914 / Fran Brearton -- Bruce, Wallace And The Diminished Present, 1800-1964 / Graeme Morton -- Part Ii. Making The Myths Of War And Nation -- Men Brave And Strong : Bannockburn, The Auld Alliance And Scottish Martial Identity In The Late Middle Ages / Michael Brown -- Not My Land's Hills : War And The Problem Of Scottish Homecoming / Caroline Mccracken-flesher -- Medieval Battlefields And National Narratives, 1830-1918 / Carol Symes -- Bannockburn After Baston / Robert Crawford -- Part Iii. Making The Memory Of The First World War -- The Spirit Of The Crusaders : Scottish Peculiarities, British Commonalities And European Convergences In The Memorialisation Of The Great War / Stefan Goebel -- Buchan, Bannockburn And Beyond : Popular Histories Of Scotland's Martial Past / Catriona M.m. Macdonald -- Women, War And Internationalism : Notes Towards A Counter-history / Margaret R. Higonnet -- Freedom From Judgement Above? : Predestination And Cultural Trauma In Scottish Gaelic Poetry Of World War I / Peter Mackay -- Shades Of Bruce : Independence And Union In First-world War Scottish Literature / David Goldie. Edited By Gill Plain. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.