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Clanship and the Highlands in modern Scottish literature

In this video Dr Pauline Mackay, Scottish Literature, University of Glasgow considers how twentieth-century novels and poems portray Highland clanship

In this video Dr Pauline Mackay from Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, considers how twentieth-century novels, poems and theatre have portrayed the clans and the history of the Highlands.

Drawing on some of the most prominent novels and plays of the modern era, Pauline explains how the legacy of the Clearances cast a long shadow over artistic representations of clan society.

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The Scottish Highland Clans: Origins, Decline and Transformation

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