The Oxford Book of Scottish Short Stories (Oxford Books of Prose & Verse)

by Douglas Dunn (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $16.69

  From tales of the supernatural to pungent social realism, and from the humorous to the disturbing, whether rural or urban, this anthology shows the vitality of the Scottish short story.

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $17.95

  From the ghostly and unlikely, to pungent social realism, and from the comfortable to the challenging, whether rural or urban, supernatural or true-to-life, in demotic Scots vernacular and elegant English prose, this anthology shows the vitality of the Scottish short story. The collection includes such wonderful traditional tales as 'The Wee Bannock' and household names such as Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, J. M. Barrie, as well as works by writers as varied as James Kelman, Violet Jacob, Neil Gunn, Eric Linklater, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Muriel Spark, Alasdair Gray, Ronald Frame, and Janice Galloway.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1995

  $4.60

  From the magical fiction of traditional stories, to the pungent realism of William Alexander, from the sentimental and romantic images conjured up by the writers of the Kailyard School, to the imaginative and outstanding creators of one-off voices and idioms, this anthology shows the length, breadth, and wealth of Scottish short story-writers. This collection includes tales of The Battle of the Birds , and The Wee Bannock , and features household names such as Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, and J.M. Barrie. There are a host of stories by a number of modern writers: Shena MacKay, Alan Spence, Margaret Elphinstone, Ronald Frame, and Janice Galloway to name but a few. With an informative introduction by Douglas Dunn, tracing the Scottish short story from its roots in the Ballads to the talents of the modern day, this anthology aims to give a representative selection of the best of Scottish writing.