Scottish tradition : a collection of Scottish folk literature /
Scottish folk literature is characterised by a wide range of creative expression: story, song, play and proverb. This anthology, first published in 1984, provides an authoritative introduction to Scottish folk literature, and is unique in that it deals with all the genres intrinsic to Scottish tradi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2015.
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Colección: | Routledge library editions. Folklore ;
v. 13. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Scottish folk literature is characterised by a wide range of creative expression: story, song, play and proverb. This anthology, first published in 1984, provides an authoritative introduction to Scottish folk literature, and is unique in that it deals with all the genres intrinsic to Scottish tradition. Its selected texts offer an unusual and diverse enjoyment to the reader, including such forms as wonder tales or Märhcen, classical ballads, riddles, jocular tales, lyric and comic and occupational folksongs, rhymes, historical and supernatural legends, and guisers' plays. The texts chosen cov. |
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Notas: | Originally published: 1984. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-248) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9781317550051 1317550056 9781315730790 1315730790 9781317550037 131755003X 9781317550044 1317550048 1138843873 9781138843875 9781138845619 1138845612 9781315728315 1315728311 |