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The Edinburgh companion to Scottish traditional literatures /

This collection of essays explores the historical importance and imaginative richness of Scotland's extensive contribution to modes of traditional culture and expression: ballads, tales and storytelling, and song. Its underlying aim is to bring about a more dynamic and inclusive understanding o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dunnigan, Sarah, 1971- (Editor ), Gilbert, Suzanne (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.
Colección:Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title page; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The Roots of Living Tradition; CHAPTER TWO Genre; CHAPTER THREE Folk Belief and Scottish Traditional Literatures; CHAPTER FOUR Transmission; CHAPTER FIVE 'Tradition' and Literature in the Medieval Period; CHAPTER SIX Vernacular Gaelic Tradition; CHAPTER SEVEN The Early Modern Period; CHAPTER EIGHT The Heroic Ballads of Gaelic Scotland; CHAPTER NINE Eighteenth-Century Antiquarianism; CHAPTER TEN Lowland Song Culture in the Eighteenth Century; CHAPTER ELEVEN Tradition and Scottish Romanticism.
  • CHAPTER TWELVE Nineteenth-Century Highland and Island FolkloreCHAPTER THIRTEEN Tradition and Innovation in Twentieth-Century Scottish Gaelic Literature; CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Politics of the Modern Scottish Folk Revival; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Continuing the Living Tradition; Endnotes; Further Reading; Index.