THE HISTORY OF ORKNEY LITERATURE

Presents readings of uncomplicatedly Orcadian writers such as Walter Traill Dennison, Edwin Muir, Eric Linklater, Robert Rendall and George Mackay Brown. Charts the development of this distincly Orcadian strand within Scottish literature, and shows how archipelago, rather than the nation, can indeed be the defining locus of a compact and vibrant literary tradition. Photos, some in color.