Author: Ian Murray
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
In the art of the short story, Scotland's writers have led the way. The earliest in this anthology, those of Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg, are rich in folklore, proverb, superstition, and sinister humor. Throughout this collection, a preoccupation with the supernatural emerges, from the spiritual torment of John Buchan's "The Outgoing of the Tide" to the chilling premonition of Muriel Spark's "The House of the Famous Poet". While stories such as "Alicky's Watch" depict the influence of the Calvinist religion, darker subjects are frequently offset by the comedy found in tales like "A Wee Nip". Among the other contributors to this spirited collection are Robert Louis Stevenson, Naomi Mitchison, and George Mackay Brown.
The New Penguin Book of Scottish Short Stories
Author: Ian Murray
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
In the art of the short story, Scotland's writers have led the way. The earliest in this anthology, those of Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg, are rich in folklore, proverb, superstition, and sinister humor. Throughout this collection, a preoccupation with the supernatural emerges, from the spiritual torment of John Buchan's "The Outgoing of the Tide" to the chilling premonition of Muriel Spark's "The House of the Famous Poet". While stories such as "Alicky's Watch" depict the influence of the Calvinist religion, darker subjects are frequently offset by the comedy found in tales like "A Wee Nip". Among the other contributors to this spirited collection are Robert Louis Stevenson, Naomi Mitchison, and George Mackay Brown.
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
In the art of the short story, Scotland's writers have led the way. The earliest in this anthology, those of Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg, are rich in folklore, proverb, superstition, and sinister humor. Throughout this collection, a preoccupation with the supernatural emerges, from the spiritual torment of John Buchan's "The Outgoing of the Tide" to the chilling premonition of Muriel Spark's "The House of the Famous Poet". While stories such as "Alicky's Watch" depict the influence of the Calvinist religion, darker subjects are frequently offset by the comedy found in tales like "A Wee Nip". Among the other contributors to this spirited collection are Robert Louis Stevenson, Naomi Mitchison, and George Mackay Brown.
“The” New Penguin Book of Scottish Short Stories
The Penguin Book of Scottish Short Stories
The Penguin Book of Scottish Short Stories
Author: J. F. Hendry
Publisher: Harmondsworth, Eng. : Penquin Books, 1970, 1977 printing.
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher: Harmondsworth, Eng. : Penquin Books, 1970, 1977 printing.
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Penguin book of Scottish short stories
The Penguin Book of Scottish Short Stories; Compiled with an Introd. by J.F. Hendry
Author: J. F. comp Hendry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short stories, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short stories, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The Money
Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales from Burns to Buchan
Author: Gordon Jarvie
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141900202
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Mystery and excitement abound in this lively collection of fairy tales, folklore and legends, which celebrate Scotland's enormously rich oral tradition and offers a carefully chosen combination of old favourites such as Tam Lin, Thomas Rymer and Adam Bell, as well as more modern stories by master story-tellers like Andrew Lang, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and John Buchan.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141900202
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Mystery and excitement abound in this lively collection of fairy tales, folklore and legends, which celebrate Scotland's enormously rich oral tradition and offers a carefully chosen combination of old favourites such as Tam Lin, Thomas Rymer and Adam Bell, as well as more modern stories by master story-tellers like Andrew Lang, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and John Buchan.
The Old Man
The Oxford Book of Scottish Short Stories
Author: Douglas Dunn
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199556547
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
From tales of the supernatural to pungent social realism, and from the humorous to the disturbing, whether rural or urban, this anthology shows the vitality of the Scottish short story.Douglas Dunn's eclectic selection displays the marvellous range of Scottish story-telling, beginning with three early traditional tales, and including a wealth of writers from the last three centuries: amongst them Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, J. M. Barrie, Violet Jacob, Neil Gunn, Eric Linklater, Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, and younger talents such as Ronald Frame, Janice Galloway, and A. L. Kennedy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199556547
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
From tales of the supernatural to pungent social realism, and from the humorous to the disturbing, whether rural or urban, this anthology shows the vitality of the Scottish short story.Douglas Dunn's eclectic selection displays the marvellous range of Scottish story-telling, beginning with three early traditional tales, and including a wealth of writers from the last three centuries: amongst them Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, J. M. Barrie, Violet Jacob, Neil Gunn, Eric Linklater, Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, and younger talents such as Ronald Frame, Janice Galloway, and A. L. Kennedy.