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BOUNDLESSSCOTLAND:ANINTRODUCTION
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AyrshireisverydifierentfromDumfriesshire,difierentagain
fromGalloway,difierentagainfromtheBordersintheeast.Stor-
nowayisalongwayfromAberdeen,GlasgowasdifierentfromEd-
inburghasyoucanimagine.SometimesspaceinScotlandisindeed
large,open,breathingunrealisedpotential;sometimesitcanfeelen-
closed,entrapped,oppressive,amazewithmaybenoexitatall.On
islandsandincoastalplacesitistidal,inthecountryitisseasonal,
inthecitiesitisconcurrentlyrealisedandoccupiedinmultitudesof
ways.Fromprehistorictimetillnow,itismultiform,even,perhaps,
throughandbeyondtime,infinite.Boundless,inwhatitopensto,is
opento,anddefinedonlybyitsownarticulation.meessaysinthis
bookbegintheexplorationofitscapacities,carefullydiscriminating
betweenprioritiesofattention.
mecollectionbeginswith“Localspatialities”:DavidMalcolmof
theUniversityofGdańskandAnielaKorzeniowskaoftheUniversity
ofWarsaw,bothbringtheircriticalsensibilitiestobearfromtheir
placesofresidenceinPoland,eachwithexperienceoflivinginScot-
land,andthisbifocalityhelpssharpenandopentheiranalysesof
Jenkins,KennawayandKelman,astheyarekeenlyattentivetowhat
experiencesarecommonlyshared,andwhicharesingulartothelo-
calitiesoftheauthorstheyaretalkingabout.CarolineJonesofthe
UniversityofSalford,in“MappingEdinburgh”
,takesthemosticonic
ofScottishcitiesandoverlaysit,orrather,raisesfromit,itslayersof
literarymeaningsandhistoriesofwriterlyarticulation.meseessays
arealltodowithwhatFionaStafiordhascalled“localattachments”
,
anunderstandingthattruthneedstobeearthedinreality,asart
needslocality,totakeofifrom:“thevitalsignificanceoflocalattach-
mentforartarisesfromtruth’sneedforstrongfoundations”(21).
Specifictensionsarepalpable,anddifierent,whenthepriorityof
focusis“Liminalspaces.PassableBoundaries”:PilarSánchezCalle
oftheUniversityofJaén,Spain,discussesthecreationofdistinctively
femaleidentityinthecontextsofpersonalspaceinJaniceGalloway’s
collectionofshortfiction,Blood,andJaneStedmanofUniversityof
Manchester,continuestheenquiryintoGalloway’sworkinherstudy
of“overspillidentity”inthenovelmeTrickistoKeepBreathing.
In“Spacesoftheself”
,DominikaLewandowska,oftheUniversity
ofWarsaw,considerstheindividualinthecity,inJamesKelman’s
HowLateItWas,HowLate,AlasdairGray’sLanarkandIainBanks’s
