The most famous Scottish novel of the early 20th century, The House with the Green Shutters has remained a landmark on the literary scene ever since it was first published in 1901. Determined to overthrow the sentimental "kailyard" stereotypes of the day, George Douglas Brown exposed the bitter pettiness of commercial greed and small-town Scottish life as he himself had come to know it. More than this, however, his novel lays bare the seductive and crippling presence of patriarchal authority in Scottish culture at large, symbolized by the terrible struggle between old John Gourlay and his weak but imaginative son. Illuminated by lightning flashes of descriptive brilliance, Brown€™s prose evokes melodrama, Greek tragedy, and postmodern alienation in a unique and unforgettably powerful reading experience. Introduced by Cairns Craig.

The House With Green Shutters

Literature & Fiction

Dorothy Porter

Geirge Douglass Brown

Literary

Penguin Classics

Alasdair Gray/Glasgow in Fiction - 63 (Chapman Magazine)

Reference

Chapman Publishing

In Sickness and in Health: The British Experience, 1650-1850

Politics & Social Sciences

Roy, Porter

Social Sciences

Fourth Estate

Boys will be girls and girls will be boys. String of Pearls is a collection of provocative, sexy stories about cross-dressing amassed by Australian writer and filmmaker Tony Ayres. Often the tales are about gender confusion, undermining the rigid boundaries by which sexuality is defined. They also touch upon themes of sexual ambiguity, clothing as fetish and ritual, and disguise as a vehicle for unveiling hidden truth.

String of Pearls: Stories About Cross-Dressing

Chad Taylor

Paul Allatson

Catherine Lazaroo

John A. Scott

Fiona McGregor

Allen& Unwin

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