Critics hailed The Literature of Scotland as one of the most comprehensive and fascinatingly readable accounts of Scottish life and literature. This revised edition now has two volumes, one focused on Medieval to Victorian times and a second that examines the writing of the twentieth century--arguably, the richest ever period in Scottish literary history. From the early ballads and the oral tradition to the achievement of Burns, Scott and Carlyle, and trom The House with the Green Shutters to Trainspotting and far beyond, this set provides a critical and historical context to the modern upsurge of writing in English, Scots, and Gaelic.