• Novel Dialogue 1.5: Getting Into Other Worlds: James Robertson with Penny Fielding (JP)

    Author(s):
    Penny Fielding, John Plotz, James Robertson
    Date:
    2021
    Subject(s):
    Literature, Criticism
    Item Type:
    Podcast
    Tag(s):
    Contemporary Scottish literature
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/s02s-vv35
    Abstract:
    James Robertson, brilliant author of The Testament of Gideon Mack, and University of Edinburgh's top prof. Penny Fielding beam in from their respective corners of Scotland. Extensive reference is made to (John's madly beloved) James Hogg and to Robert Louis Stevenson, especially his Jack-the-Ripperesque Jekyll and Hyde. The violence that underpins slavery, aye, even in Scotland, and even during the enduringly influential Scottish Enlightenment is dredged up, as is the question of feeling implicated in the legacy of an enslaving system. James sketches a generous theory about what and how a novel signifies: it is simply asleep until a reader picks it up and invests imagination into it. Hints are dropped regarding James's newest novel, News of the Dead due for release in May. And, of course, we learn about his writerly treat.
    Notes:
    DOI : https://doi.org/10.48617/pod.393
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    Pub. URL:
    https://newbooksnetwork.com/1-5-getting-into-other-worlds-james-robertson-with-penny-fielding-jp
    Publisher:
    Society for Novel Studies
    Pub. Date:
    04/01/21
    Episode:
    1.5
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    9 months ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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