Query: Andrew Lang and Somerset Maugham

Jeffrey Meyers

doi:10.1093/notesj/gjw129

Andrew Lang and Scottish Historiography: Taking on Tradition

The Scottish Historical Review ◽

10.3366/shr.2015.0257 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 94 (2) ◽

pp. 207-236 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Catriona M. M. Macdonald

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Sir Walter Scott ◽

Scientific Methods ◽

European Context ◽

The Reformation ◽

Cast Doubt ◽

Scottish History ◽

University Setting ◽

Andrew Lang

The career and posthumous reputation of Andrew Lang (1844–1912) call into question Scottish historiographical conventions of the era following the death of Sir Walter Scott which foreground the apparent triumph of scientific methods over Romance and the professionalisation of the discipline within a university setting. Taking issue with the premise of notions relating to the Strange Death of Scottish History in the mid-nineteenth century, it is proposed that perceptions of Scottish historiographical exceptionalism in a European context and presumptions of Scottish inferiorism stand in need of re-assessment. By offering alternative readings of the reformation, by uncoupling unionism from whiggism, by reaffirming the role of Romance in ‘serious’ Scottish history, and by disrupting distinctions between whig and Jacobite, the historical works and the surviving personal papers of Andrew Lang cast doubt on many conventional grand narratives and the paradigms conventionally used to make sense of Scottish historiography.

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At the Crossroads between Literature, Culture, Linguistics, and Cognition: ‘Life is a Journey’ and ‘The Divided-Self’ Metaphors in Fairy Tales

ODISEA Revista de estudios ingleses ◽

10.25115/odisea.v0i11.316 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Javier Herrero Ruiz

Keyword(s):

Fairy Tales ◽

Conceptual Metaphors ◽

Cultural Contexts ◽

Divided Self ◽

The Uncanny ◽

Basic Meaning ◽

Literature Culture ◽

Online Library ◽

Andrew Lang

Abstract: This paper resumes the series related to metaphors in fairy tales started by HERRERO in 2005 (cf. HERRERO, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008). In this case, the study is based on how the conceptual metaphors LIFE IS A JOURNEY and THE DIVIDED-SELF may explain the structure and the basic meaning of more than twenty popular tales, which in turn accounts for some of the uncanny of tales.The tales, which are representative of various cultures, were compiled by the British author Andrew Lang (1844-1912), and have been downloaded from the Project Gutenberg online library. Our research also casts some light on the fact that tales are akin in varying socio-cultural contexts: their solid experiential grounding may not only have contributed to a uniform plot, but also to an easier transmission of the stories in diverse, remote settings.Resumen: Este artículo continúa la serie relacionada con las metáforas en los cuentos tradicionales comenzada por HERRERO en 2005 (véase HERRERO, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008). En este caso el estudio se centra en cómo a través de las metáforas conceptuales LIFE IS A JOURNEY y THE DIVIDED-SELF se puede explicar la estructura y el significado de más de veinte cuentos populares, lo que a su vez da cuenta de parte de “lo maravilloso” que se da en ellos.Los cuentos, representativos de varias culturas, fueron recopilados por el autor británico Andrew Lang (1844-1912) y han sido extraídos del Proyecto Gutenberg. Nuestra investigación apoya además la idea de que los cuentos son similares en contextos socioculturales diferentes: el hecho de que estén firmemente basados en la experiencia puede haber contribuido tanto a que sus argumentos sean parecidos como a que se hayan transmitido fácilmente en entornos lejanos y diversos.

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