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<div><div><div><div><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">This book argues that while Anglo-Saxon culture has given rise to virtually no myths at all, myth has played a central role in the historical development of Scottish identity. Hugh Trevor-Roper explores three myths across 400 years of Scottish history: the political myth of the &#147;ancient constitution&#8221; of Scotland; the literary myth, including Walter Scott as well as Ossian and ancient poetry; and the sartorial myth of tartan and the kilt, invented&#151;ironically, by Englishmen&#151;in quite modern times.</p><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">&#160;</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Trevor-Roper reveals myth as an often deliberate cultural construction used to enshrine a people&#8217;s identity. While his treatment of Scottish myth is highly critical, indeed debunking, he shows how the ritualization and domestication of Scotland&#8217;s myths as local color diverted the Scottish intelligentsia from the path that led German intellectuals to a dangerous myth of racial supremacy.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">&#160;</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0

Author

H R Trevor-Roper; ProQuest (Firm)

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300136869