TY  - GEN
T1  - The Edinburgh companion to Scottish traditional literatures
T2  - Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature.
A2  - Dunnigan, Sarah, 1971-
A2  - Gilbert, Suzanne
LA  - English
PP  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
YR  - 2013
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn861080374
AB  - 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 of Scottish culture. Rooted in literary history and both comparative and interdisciplinary in scope, the volume covers the key aspects and genres of traditional literature, including the Gaelic tradition, from the medieval period to the present. Key theoretical and conceptual issues raised by the historical analysis of Scotland's rich store of ballad, song, and folk narrative are discussed in separate chapters. The volume also explores why and how Scottish literary writers have been inspired by traditional genres, modes, and motifs, and the intermingling of folk and literary traditions in writers such as Burns, Scott, and Hogg. It also uncovers the folkloric and mythopoetic materials of early Scottish literature, and the vitality of neglected aspects of Scottish popular culture. Key Features. Explores the cultural meanings of 'tradition' and 'living tradition' and the roles of historical and modern informants, storytellers, and singers Examines the relationship between the oral and the literary in Scots, Gaelic, and English Draws on a wide range of examples including: Francis J. Child's The English and Scottish Popular Ballads; The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection; the waulking song; Gaelic folktale; the traditions of Fionn mac Cumhail; the songs of Anna Gordon Brown; ballads from Walter Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border and James Hogg's Jacobite Relics; and material from George Campbell Hay, Sorley Maclean and Hamish Henderson Guides readers through some of the key theoretical and conceptual issues in the field Inclusive of Gaelic, Scots and English traditions Broad historical coverage from late medieval to the contemporary
OP  - 225
CN  - GR144
SN  - 9780748645411
SN  - 0748645411
SN  - 9780748684595
SN  - 074868459X
SN  - 0748645403
SN  - 9780748645404
SN  - 074864539X
SN  - 9780748645398
KW  - Folk literature, Scottish : History and criticism.
KW  - Folk literature, Scottish Gaelic : History and criticism.
KW  - Folk songs : Scotland : History and criticism.
KW  - Scottish literature : History and criticism.
KW  - Littérature populaire écossaise : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Littérature populaire écossaise (gaélique) : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Chansons folkloriques : Écosse : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Littérature écossaise : Histoire et critique.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Folklore & Mythology.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : Middle Eastern.
KW  - Folk literature, Scottish
KW  - Folk literature, Scottish Gaelic
KW  - Folk songs
KW  - Scottish literature
KW  - Scotland
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -