@inbook{80c78032339d40aca5f2898805c08d94,
title = "Old Themes and Self-Reflection in Jenkins{\textquoteright}s Later Novels",
abstract = "Robin Jenkins considers and questions his own achievements and the role of the artist in the novels Poverty Castle (1991), Willie Hogg (1993), Poor Angus (2000) and Childish Things (2001). In Leila (1995) Jenkins reworks old themes and plot elements. This later text can partly be seen as a {\textquoteleft}rewriting{\textquoteright} of the earlier A Figure of Fun (1974). This essay details how Jenkins{\textquoteright}s writing becomes increasingly self-reflective during the last decade of his writing career. Some texts can be seen as partly autobiographical in the way they present characters{\textquoteright} attributes and experiences that are comparable with elements of Jenkins{\textquoteright}s own life experience and opinions, as well as narrative details which refer directly to Jenkins himself and his circumstances. As a result, all the narratives in question arguably reflect Jenkins{\textquoteright}s need to re-examine and reflect back on his central fictional concerns, his literary achievement, and the role of the artist in Scotland.",
keywords = "Robin Jenkins, author achievement, metafiction, old themes, rewritings, role of the artist, self-reflection, semi-autobiography",
author = "Ingibj{\"o}rg {\'A}g{\'u}stsd{\'o}ttir",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} koninklijke brill nv, leiden, 2017.",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1163/9789004342491\_016",
language = "English",
volume = "26",
series = "SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature",
publisher = "Brill Academic Publishers",
pages = "238--251",
booktitle = "The Fiction of Robin Jenkins",
address = "Netherlands",
}