A collection of edited essays on the novelist John Buchan (1875-1940), author of, among many other works, "The Thirty-Nine Steps" (1915), "Witch Wood" (1927) and "Sick Heart River" (1940). It considers Buchan's writing and reputation from the perspective of the twenty-first century and examines Buchan's major fiction and non-fictional writing.
A collection of edited essays on the novelist John Buchan (1875-1940), author of, among many other works, "The Thirty-Nine Steps" (1915), "Witch Wood" (1927) and "Sick Heart River" (1940). It considers Buchan's writing and reputation from the perspective of the twenty-first century and examines Buchan's major fiction and non-fictional writing.
David Allan began writing SFF after a career in medicine, and his books are published by Elsewhen Press. Kate Macdonald is an editor, a writer, a literary historian and was the founder of Handheld Press. Her first published SFF short story was selected for Best of British Science Fiction 2019. Susan Oke has published her SFF short stories widely and was the Reviews Editor for the BSFA Journal for many years. Sandra Unerman has a background in the law and the civil service, and has published her work in many magazines and collections. A D Watts was able to spend time writing SFF after a long career in education.
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Introduction; Part I Cultural Roots; Chapter 1 John Buchan and Calvinism James C. G. Greig; Chapter 2 Buchan and the Classics Isobel Michael Haslett; Chapter 3 'Twin Loyalties': John Buchan's England David Goldie; Chapter 4 Buchan Sport and Masculinity Simon Glassock; Chapter 5 John Buchan and the Creation of the Springbok Warrior Bill Nasson; Part II Divided Loyalties; Chapter 6 John Buchan and the South African War Michael Redley; Chapter 7 John Buchan and the First World War: Fact into Fiction Hew Strachan; Chapter 8 Buchan and the Pacifists Nathan Waddell; Chapter 9 John Buchan America and the 'British World' 1904-40 Peter Henshaw; Chapter 10 Islam and the East in John Buchan's Novels Ahmed K. al-Rawi; Chapter 11 Conquistadors: Buchan's Businessmen H. E. Taylor; Part III Literary Art; Chapter 12 'A Fraud Called John Buchan': Buchan Joseph Conrad and Literary Theft Douglas Kerr; Chapter 13 Aphrodite Rejected: Archetypal Women in Buchan's Fiction Kate Macdonald; Chapter 14 John Buchan: Politics Language and Suspense Alan Riach; Chapter 15 Buchan's Supernatural Fiction Paul Benedict Grant; Chapter 16 The Anarchist's Garden: Politics and Ecology in John Buchan's Wastelands John Miller; Chapter 17 Tracing The Thirty-Nine Steps Tony Williams;
Introduction; Part I Cultural Roots; Chapter 1 John Buchan and Calvinism James C. G. Greig; Chapter 2 Buchan and the Classics Isobel Michael Haslett; Chapter 3 'Twin Loyalties': John Buchan's England David Goldie; Chapter 4 Buchan Sport and Masculinity Simon Glassock; Chapter 5 John Buchan and the Creation of the Springbok Warrior Bill Nasson; Part II Divided Loyalties; Chapter 6 John Buchan and the South African War Michael Redley; Chapter 7 John Buchan and the First World War: Fact into Fiction Hew Strachan; Chapter 8 Buchan and the Pacifists Nathan Waddell; Chapter 9 John Buchan America and the 'British World' 1904-40 Peter Henshaw; Chapter 10 Islam and the East in John Buchan's Novels Ahmed K. al-Rawi; Chapter 11 Conquistadors: Buchan's Businessmen H. E. Taylor; Part III Literary Art; Chapter 12 'A Fraud Called John Buchan': Buchan Joseph Conrad and Literary Theft Douglas Kerr; Chapter 13 Aphrodite Rejected: Archetypal Women in Buchan's Fiction Kate Macdonald; Chapter 14 John Buchan: Politics Language and Suspense Alan Riach; Chapter 15 Buchan's Supernatural Fiction Paul Benedict Grant; Chapter 16 The Anarchist's Garden: Politics and Ecology in John Buchan's Wastelands John Miller; Chapter 17 Tracing The Thirty-Nine Steps Tony Williams;
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