Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dialect literature, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Scot. Text S.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dialect literature, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
An Introduction To Scottish Ethnology
Author: Alexander FentonPublisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 1907909214
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
The publication of An Introduction to Scottish Ethnology sees the completion of the fourteen-volume Scottish Life and Society series, originally conceived by the eminent ethnologist Professor Alexander Fenton. The series explores the many elements in Scottish history, language and culture which have shaped the identity of Scotland and Scots at local, regional and national level, placing these in an international context. Each of the thirteen volumes already published focuses on a particular theme or institution within Scottish society. This introduction provides an overview of the discipline of ethnology as it has developed in Scotland and more widely, the sources and methods for its study, and practical guidance on the means by which it can be examined within its constituent genres, based on the experience of those currently working with ethnological materials. Theory and practice are presented in an accessible fashion, making it an ideal companion for the student, the scholar and the interested amateur alike.
The Mainstream Companion to Scottish Literature
Author: Trevor RoylePublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1780574193
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
The Mainstream Companion to Scottish Literature is the most comprehensive reference guide to Scotland's literature, covering a period from the earliest times to the early 1990s. It includes over 600 essays on the lives and works of the principal poets, novelists, dramatists critics and men and women of letters who have written in English, Scots or Gaelic. Thus, as well as such major writers as Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, Allan Ramsay, Robert Fergusson, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and Hugh MacDiarmid, the Companion also lists many minor writers whose work might otherwise have been overlooked in any survey of Scottish literature. Also included here are entries on the lives of other more peripheral writers such as historians, philosophers, diarists and divines whose work has made a contribution to Scottish letters. Other essays range over such general subjects as the principal work of major writers, literary movements, historical events, the world of printing and publishing, folklore, journalism, drama and Gaelic. A feature of the book is the inclusion of the bibliography of each writer and reference to the major critical works. This comprehensive guide is an essential tool for the serious student of Scottish literature as well as being an ideal guide and companion for the general reader.
Catalogue ...of the Renowned Library Formerly at Britwell Court, Burnham, Bucks
Author: Sydney Richardson Christie-MillerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
The Songs of Robert Burns
Author: Robert BurnsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, Scots
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
The Gothic Quest - A History of the Gothic Novel
Author: Montague SummersPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447499085
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
“The Gothic Quest - A History of the Gothic Novel” is a 1938 treatise by Montague Summers on the subject of the Gothic novel, looking at its origins, evolution, and role in contemporary literature. Augustus Montague Summers (1880 – 1948) was an English clergyman and author most famous for his studies on vampires, witches and werewolves—all of which he believed to be very much real. He also wrote the first English translation of the infamous 15th-century witch hunter's manual, the “Malleus Maleficarum”, in 1928. Contents include: “The Romantic Feeling”, “Notes to Chapter I”, “The Publishers and the Circulating Libraries”, “Notes to Chapter II”, “Influences from Abroad”, “Notes to Chapter III”, “Historical Gothic”, “Notes to Chapters IV”, “Matthew Gregory Lewis”, etc. Other notable works by this author include: “A Popular History of Witchcraft” (1937), “Witchcraft and Black Magic” (1946), and “The Physical Phenomena of Mysticism” (1947). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
The Songs of Robert Burns Now First Printed with the Melodies for which They Were Written
Author: Robert BurnsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk music
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
The intermediate text-book of English literature, by W.H. Low and A.J. Wyatt
Author: Walter Humboldt LowCatalogue ... of the Renowned Library Formerly at Britwell Court, Burnham, Bucks, the Property of S.R. Christie-Miller ...
Author: Sydney Richardson Christie-MillerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
From Song to Print
Author: T. HoagwoodPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 023010570X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
From Song to Print is a study of the major cultural transition from oral forms of art and discourse to the commercial culture of print that happened during the Industrial Revolution. Through a discussion of ancient musical forms (classical, biblical, and early-modern poetry of song), this book explores the typographical simulation of music and oral poetry during the nineteenth century. Original and innovative, this work shows how the musical writings of Romantic poets, such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, and Keats, evoke antique cultures and ancient settings while offering a critique of their own imitative forms and the modern, commercial context in which they appear.