The Edinburgh history of Scottish literature. Vol. 1, From Columba to the Union (until 1707)

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The History begins with the first full-scale critical consideration of Scotland's earliest literature, drawn from the diverse cultures and languages of its early peoples. The first volume covers the literature produced during the medieval and early modern period in Scotland, surveying the riche...

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Other Authors: Clancy, Thomas Owen, Pittock, Murray, Brown, Ian, 1945 February 28-, Manning, Susan, 1953-2013
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
English literature > Scottish authors > History and criticism.
Scottish literature > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Reference.
English literature > Scottish authors
Scottish literature
Engels.
Gaelic (Schots)
Schots (Engels)
Bellettrie.
Schotland.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • COVER; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Scottish Literature: Criticism and the Canon; 2 The Study of Scottish Literature; Until 1314; 3 One Kingdom from many Peoples: History until 1314; 4 The Topography of People's Lives: Geography until 1314; 5 The Lion's Tongues: Languages in Scotland to 1314; 6 The Poetry of the Court: Praise; 7 Aneirin, the Gododdin; 8 Norse Literature in the Orkney Earldom; 9 Muireadhach Albanach Ó Dálaigh and the Classical Revolution; 10 Saving Verse: Early Medieval Religious Poetry; 11 Hagiography; 12 Adomnán of Iona and his Prose Writings
  • 13 Theology, Philosophy and Cosmography14 A Fragmentary Literature: Narrative and Lyric from the Early Middle Ages; 1314-1707; 15 Land and Freedom: Scotland, 1314-1707; 16 Emergent Nation: Scotland's Geography, 1314-1707; 17 The Several Tongues of a Single Kingdom: The Languages of Scotland, 1314-1707; 18 The International Reception and Literary Impact of Scottish Literature of the Period 1314 until 1707; 19 Versions of Scottish Nationhood, c. 850-1707; 20 From Rome to Ruddiman: The Scoto-Latin Tradition
  • 21 Creation and Compilation: The Book of the Dean of Lismore and Literary Culture in Late Medieval Gaelic Scotland22 Gaelic Literature in the Later Middle Ages: The Book of the Dean and beyond; 23 Philosophy and Theology in Scotland before the Reformation; 24 Scottish Theological Literature, 1560-1707; 25 Legal Writing, 1314-1707; 26 Literature, Art and Architecture; 27 Performances and Plays; 28 Balladry: A Vernacular Poetic Resource; 29 Older Scots Literature and the Court; 30 Robert Henryson; 31 William Dunbar; 32 Sìleas na Ceapaich; Notes on Contributors
  • Volume One; Index

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