Author: John Stuart Blackie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands
Author: John Stuart Blackie
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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The Literature of the Highlands
Author: Magnus Maclean
Publisher: London : Blackie
ISBN:
Category : Dialect literature, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Publisher: London : Blackie
ISBN:
Category : Dialect literature, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Chambers's Encyclopædia
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382507676
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382507676
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Chambers's Encyclopedia
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Languages : en
Pages : 866
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia
Author:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Warriors of the Word
Author: Michael Newton
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857907670
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
An enlightening illustrated overview of Gaelic culture and history in Scotland. Words have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands: Bardic poems bought immortality for their subjects; satires threatened to ruin reputations and cause physical injury; clan sagas recounted family origins and struggles for power; incantations invoked blessings and curses. Even in the present, Gaels strive to counteract centuries of misrepresentation of the Highlands as a backwater of barbarism without a valid story of its own to tell. Warriors of the Word offers a broad overview of Scottish Highland culture and history, bringing together rare and previously untranslated primary texts from scattered and obscure sources. Poetry, songs, tales, and proverbs, supplemented by the accounts of insiders and travelers, illuminate traditional ways of life, exploring such topics as folklore, music, dance, literature, social organization, supernatural beliefs, human ecology, ethnic identity, and the role of language. This range of materials allows Scottish Gaeldom to be described on its own terms and to demonstrate its vitality and wealth of renewable cultural resources—making this an essential compendium for scholars, students, and all enthusiasts of Scottish culture.
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857907670
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
An enlightening illustrated overview of Gaelic culture and history in Scotland. Words have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands: Bardic poems bought immortality for their subjects; satires threatened to ruin reputations and cause physical injury; clan sagas recounted family origins and struggles for power; incantations invoked blessings and curses. Even in the present, Gaels strive to counteract centuries of misrepresentation of the Highlands as a backwater of barbarism without a valid story of its own to tell. Warriors of the Word offers a broad overview of Scottish Highland culture and history, bringing together rare and previously untranslated primary texts from scattered and obscure sources. Poetry, songs, tales, and proverbs, supplemented by the accounts of insiders and travelers, illuminate traditional ways of life, exploring such topics as folklore, music, dance, literature, social organization, supernatural beliefs, human ecology, ethnic identity, and the role of language. This range of materials allows Scottish Gaeldom to be described on its own terms and to demonstrate its vitality and wealth of renewable cultural resources—making this an essential compendium for scholars, students, and all enthusiasts of Scottish culture.
Chambers's Encyclopædia
Author: Ephraim Chambers
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
Chambers's Encyclopaedia. A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge ... (on the Basis of the Latest Edition of the German Conversations Lexicon); Illustrated with Maps and ... Engravings
Author: Encyclopaedias
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 856
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 856
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The International Cyclopaedia
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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