Title The invention of Scotland : myth and history / Hugh Trevor-Roper

Published New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2008] ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 282 pages) Contents The political myth. Scotia's rise to glory? -- George Buchanan -- Buchanan's nemesis -- The literary myth. The search for a Celtic Homer -- James Macpherson and Fingal -- The controversy over Ossian -- The sartorial myth. The coming of the kilt -- The tartan Summary "This book argues that while Anglo-Saxon culture has given rise to virtually no myths at all, myth has played a central role in the historical development of Scottish identity. Trevor-Roper explores three myths across 400 years of Scottish history: the political myth of the 'ancient constitution' of Scotland; the literary myth, including Walter Scott as well as Ossian and ancient poetry; and the sartorial myth of tartan and the kilt, invented -- ironically by Englishmen -- in quite modern times." "Trevor-Roper reveals myth as an often deliberate cultural construction used to enshrine a people's identity. While his treatment of Scottish myth is highly critical, indeed debunking, he shows how the ritualisation and domestication of Scotland's myths as local colour diverted the Scottish intelligentsia from the path that led German intellectuals to a dangerous myth of racial supremacy. This compelling script was left unpublished on Trevor-Roper's death in 2003 and is now made available for the first time."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-267) and index Notes English Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject National characteristics, Scottish -- Historiography HISTORY -- General. Civilization -- Historiography Historiography National characteristics, Scottish -- Historiography Geschichtsschreibung Nationalcharakter Nationalbewusstsein SUBJECT Scotland -- Historiography Scotland -- Civilization -- Historiography Scotland -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118827 Subject Scotland Schottland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2007032173 ISBN 9780300176537 0300176538 0300136862 9780300136869

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