Abstract
In discussing religion in John Galt's novel about religious and social change in a small West of Scotland town between 1760 and 1820, suggests “Scottish literature” was forged, not in opposition to Calvinist theological ideas, but to the Kirk as a rival national institution, and that Scottish literature became "national," less through self-from the literature of another nation (England), than from another institution with a rival claim to represent the same nation, namely the established Scottish church.
Recommended Citation
Irvine, Robert P.
(2019)
"Presbyterianism, 'Scottish Literature,' and John Galt's Annals of the Parish,"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 45:
Iss.
2, 15–22.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol45/iss2/4