Shades of Gray: science fiction, history and the problem of postmodernism in the work of Alasdair Gray

Alasdair Gray ambiguous approach arguably aspect become Bella Book of Prefaces Britain British Caledonian antisyzygy called Carlyle century certainly chapter clearly complex concept concerns connection contemporary context developments discourses discussion Dryhope Dryhope Tower dystopian Edinburgh emphasis Empire end of history epic Epilogue especially example fable fact fantasy Frankenstein gangrels genre Gifford Glasgow Gray's novels Gray's writing historiographic metafiction History Maker human Hutcheon ibid imagination important interest intertextuality Introduction issues James Kelman Janine Lanark Linda Hutcheon literature and culture London McCandless modern narrative parody Parrinder 1980 particular passage past perhaps perspective political Poor Things postmodern literature postmodernism debate postmodernist present problem question quoted reader realism reality reference relation science fiction science-fiction Scotland Scottish Fiction Scottish literature Scottish Studies Scottish writers seems seen sense silky milky society story stress term Thaw theme theoretical debates theory tradition Unthank utopia Victorian