Scottish tradition : a collection of Scottish folk literature
1984
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Place reservation for Scottish tradition : a collection of Scottish folk literatureScottish 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
Main title:
Scottish tradition : a collection of Scottish folk literature / edited by David Buchan.
Author:
Buchan, David, 1939-1994, editor
Imprint:
London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.
Collation:
v, 265 pages : music ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographies.
ISBN:
07100953179780710095312
Dewey class:
398.209411398.209411398.2398.0941398.2094398
LC class:
GR144
Local class:
398.20941A39 (BUC)X4 BUCX4 BUC
Language:
English
Index terms:
Scottish folk literature AnthologiesStoriesSongsPlaysSCOTTISH FOLKLORESONGSPROVERBSSCOTTISH TRADITIONSBALLADSRIDDLESSCOTTISH LEGENDSRHYMESSCOTTISH PLAYS
BRN:
515612
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