Abstract
These two first books by young scholars raise questions about the study of Scottish literature and culture after devolution. Both books seek to invent ambitious new paradigms; both warn against what they call 'ethnocentric* (Gardiner) or 'essentialist (Bell) accounts of Scottish national identity; both draw on post-colonial theory Bell also draws on sociological accounts of postmodernity. But beneath the jargon of novelty, both authors are basically committed to reconciling cultural nationalism with a cautious liberal pluralism. The interest of the books stems in part from their successes in doing so, and in part from their failures. There are three engaging problems here.
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