This article addresses the emerging enthusiasm for Scottish Victorian and Edwardian literature and argues that more historicist and transcultural approaches would enliven and develop critical discussions. I demonstrate that there has been relatively little attempt to historicise Scotland's literature c.1840–1914, and I establish how we can consider the various writings of the period through their responses to particular cultures in Scotland, including the formation of the Free Church and the development of cultural and political identity debates. I also argue that overlooking the global circulation of Scottish Victorian and Edwardian literature is debilitating considering such writers as Stevenson and Conan Doyle have been hugely popular internationally and, while the work of comparable English writers has been effectively considered in the context of global circulation, a great deal more could be done with Scottish writers. There are signs that this literature is increasingly being situated historically and internationally; this article proposes how these gains can be advanced.

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跨文化和历史化：苏格兰文学研究的新方向c.1840-1914

本文阐述了苏格兰维多利亚时代和爱德华时期文学的新兴热情，并认为，更多的历史主义和跨文化方法将使讨论更加活跃和发展。我证明，几乎没有尝试对苏格兰的文学（约1840年至1914年）进行历史化，并且我确立了如何通过对苏格兰特定文化的反应来考虑该时期的各种著作，包括自由教会的形成和发展文化和政治特性辩论。我还认为，考虑到史蒂文森和柯南道尔这样的作家在国际上广受欢迎，因此忽视苏格兰维多利亚时代和爱德华时代文学的全球发行令人失望。尽管在全球流通的背景下有效地考虑了可比的英国作家的作品，但苏格兰作家可以做很多工作。有迹象表明，这种文学在历史和国际上的地位越来越高。本文提出了如何提高这些收益。