Scottish Ballads

Scottish Ballads
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Publisher : Canongate Books
Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 9781847675934
ISBN-13 : 184767593X
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Book Synopsis Scottish Ballads by : Emily Lyle

Download or read book Scottish Ballads written by Emily Lyle and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotland's ballads represent one of the high-water marks of Scottish literature and are famous as superb expressions of oral culture, reflecting a world of magic, deep passion and history transformed into legend. This selection includes more than eighty of the finest ballads, together with an introduction, notes and glosses. The versions come from the last three centuries-from the time of Burns and Scott, who were among the earliest collectors, up to the present day. Although the ballads are anonymous in a way, the singers themselves determine the versions we have, by a process of selection, interpretation and refashioning. Wherever possible, this edition includes the names of the singers, many of whom were women. An internationally recognised ballad scholar, Emily Lyle is a research fellow at the School of Scottish Studies in the University of Edinburgh, and is general editor of The Grieg-Duncan Folk song Collection.


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