附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Front Matter -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Intro-Part -- Introduction -- Literary Award Culture: Existing Scholarship -- A Brief History of Scottish Literary Awards -- Book Structure -- Part I -- Chapter 1 The History of the Saltire Society -- Origins of the Saltire Society -- The Saltire Society and Scotland's Cultural Renaissance -- Publications, Pamphlets and the Shadow of War -- Scotland's Second Cultural Renaissance and Calls for Independence -- Chapter 2 The Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year
Earliest Commendations and Awards: 1930s And 1940s -- Founding the Scottish Book of the Year Award: 1950s-1960s -- The Scottish Book of the Year Award: 1960s-1990s -- Highs and Lows: 1990s-2000s -- Turn of the Century: 2000s -- Making Changes: 2010s and Beyond -- Chapter 3 The Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award -- Prosperous Origins: 1980s -- The Minor Award?: The 1990s -- Moving On: 2000s-2010s -- Part II -- Chapter 4 'What's this Got to do With Scotland?' -- Prizing Scottish Literature: Terms of Eligibility and Scottishness -- Judging Scottishness -- Quantifying Terms of Eligibility
Who Publishes Scottish Books? -- The Politics of Publishing and Promoting Scottish Literature -- Chapter 5 Noticing Talent -- From First Book to Booker: Scottish Writers and Literary Awards -- Michel Faber -- James Kelman -- A. L. Kennedy -- Ali Smith -- Bumped for the Booker? Literary Awards as Marketing Tools -- The Impact of Winning Awards -- Chapter 6 Not Your Typical Book Award -- Current Understandings of Literary Awards Culture -- The Saltire Society Literary Awards and Quantifying Prestige -- Not All Prizes Are Created Equal: Literary Award Hierarchies
False Equivalence and Literary Awards Culture -- End Matter -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The History of the Saltire Society -- Chapter 2. The Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year -- Chapter 3. The Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award -- Chapter 4. 'What's This Got To Do With Scotland?' -- Chapter 5. Noticing Talent -- Chapter 6. Not Your Typical Book Award -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
摘要:This history of the Saltire Society Literary Awards demonstrates the significance the awards have had within Scottish literary and cultural life. The book explores how the prizes have influenced understandings of Scottish literature over eight decades and explores what they reveal about the wider mechanisms of how literary prize culture functions in the UK today.
