Prizing Scottish Literature: A Cultural History of the Saltire Society Literary Awards


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This history of the Saltire Society Literary Awards demonstrates the significance the awards have had within Scottish literary and cultural life. The book explores how the prizes have influenced understandings of Scottish literature over eight decades and explores what they reveal about the wider mechanisms of how literary prize culture functions in the UK today.



Author: Stevie Marsden
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 12/06/2022
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d
ISBN13: 9781839987168
ISBN10: 1839987162
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Books & Reading
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Criticism | Modern | 20th Century

About the Author

Stevie Marsden is a research associate at the CAMEo Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies, University of Leicester, and a lecturer in publishing at the University of Derby. This is her first monograph.