tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post3749101970947429974..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Scandinavia, postcolonialism and belles lettresDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-28367181333753358972009-07-02T20:37:35.526+01:002009-07-02T20:37:35.526+01:00I shall leave Scotland out of this, as it is indee...I shall leave Scotland out of this, as it is indeed true, as David suggests, that some of the greatest works of English-language literature were written by Scots authors. The same with Irish writers, mutatis mutandis. I have no experience of Scottish nationalism in the arts.<br /><br />There are virtually no analogous cases, with Estonians writing great Russian novels, or Norwegians writing in Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-48726193548485180452009-07-02T12:19:16.189+01:002009-07-02T12:19:16.189+01:00I think the thing about Scotland that sets it apar...I think the thing about Scotland that sets it apart is that it has major, mainstream literary classic authors like Tobias Smollett, David Hume, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Thomas Carlyle, R. L. Stevenson, and so on, who are an essential part of both English and Scottish literature. Scotland is not really an example of a "colonial" culture at all, no matter what the nationalists may David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.com