Chapter 9
James Hogg’s and Walter Scott’s Scottishness
Varying perceptions of (im)politeness in negotiating Englishness
Article outline
- 9.1Introduction: The politics of Englishness in early nineteenth-century
Scotland
- 9.2The ideology of Scotticisms
- 9.3Discursive (im)politeness theory for literary analysis
- 9.4The Ettrick Shepherd: A bull in a china shop
- 9.5Walter Scott’s literary compromise and communicational
co-adaptation
- 9.6Summary
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Note
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