This volume considers the major themes‎,‎ texts and authors of Scottish literature of the twentieth and‎,‎ so far‎,‎ twenty‎-first century‎.‎ It identifies the contexts and impulses that led Scottish writers to adopt their creative literary strategies‎.‎ Moving beyond traditional classifications‎,‎ it draws on the most recent critical approaches to open up new perspectives on Scottish literature since 1900‎.‎ The volume‎'‎s innovative thematic structure ensures that the most important texts or authors are seen from different perspectives whether in the context of empire‎,‎ renaissance‎,‎ war and post‎-war‎,‎ literary genre‎,‎ generation‎,‎ and resistance‎.‎ In order to provide thorough coverage‎,‎ these thematic chapters are complemented by chronological ‎'‎Arcade‎'‎ chapters‎,‎ which outline the contexts of the literature of the period by decades‎,‎ and by ‎'‎Overview‎'‎ chapters which trace developments across the century in theatre‎,‎ language and Gaelic literature‎.‎ Taken together‎,‎ the chapters provide a thorough and thought‎-provoking account of the century‎'‎s literature‎.‎ ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎