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Biografisk notat
Cairns Craig is Professor Emeritus in Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen. His most recent books are The Wealth of the Nation: Scotland, Culture, Independence (2018) and Muriel Spark, Existentialism and the Art of Death (2019), both published by Edinburgh University Press. He was the general editor of the four volume History of Scottish Literature published by Aberdeen University Press in 1987, and was involved in editing the magazines Cencrastus and Radical Scotland in the 1980s. Other books on Scottish subjects include The Modern Scottish Novel (1999) and Intending Scotland (2009).
'Cairns Craig’s adventurous and learned arguments always pivot our understanding of Scotland’s pasts and futures. The Wealth of the Nation engages literature, history, economics and politics to offer cogent support for culture as community and happiness as the wealth of the nation. This is a lesson still to be learned—far beyond Scotland.'
- Caroline McCracken-Flesher, University of Wyoming,
'The Wealth of the Nation presents an astonishingly rich tapestry of cultural, intellectual, literary and political history. At once absorbing and instructive, this tour de force recasts the influence and meaning of Scotland in the modern world. An undertaking this grand in scale requires a scholar of Craig’s singular gifts.'
- Matthew Wickman, Brigham Young University,
The Wealth of the Nation provides an abundance of historical detail and is a valuable and highly readable text.
- Richard Barlow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Scottish Literary Review
'Cairns Craig’s adventurous and learned arguments always pivot our understanding of Scotland’s pasts and futures. The Wealth of the Nation engages literature, history, economics and politics to offer cogent support for culture as community and happiness as the wealth of the nation. This is a lesson still to be learned—far beyond Scotland.'
- Caroline McCracken-Flesher, University of Wyoming,
'The Wealth of the Nation presents an astonishingly rich tapestry of cultural, intellectual, literary and political history. At once absorbing and instructive, this tour de force recasts the influence and meaning of Scotland in the modern world. An undertaking this grand in scale requires a scholar of Craig’s singular gifts.'
- Matthew Wickman, Brigham Young University,
The Wealth of the Nation provides an abundance of historical detail and is a valuable and highly readable text.
- Richard Barlow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Scottish Literary Review