The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature: From Columba to the Union (until 1707)

Ian Brown; Thomas Clancy; Susan Manning; Murray Pittock

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The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature

From Columba to the Union (until 1707)

Ian Brown , Thomas Clancy , Susan Manning and Murray Pittock

Part of the multi-volume work

Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2006

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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 riches of Scottish work in Gaelic, Welsh, Old Norse, Old English and Old French, as well as in Latin and Scots. New scholarship is brought to bear, not only on imaginative literature, but also law, politics, theology and philosophy, all placed in the context of the evolution of Scotland's geography, history, languages and material cultures from our earliest times up to 1707.

The other volumes in the History are:

The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature, Volume 2: Enlightenment, Britain and Empire (1707-1918)

The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature, Volume 3: Modern Transformations: New Identities (from 1918)

Key Features:

Original - presents new approaches to what is literature and what is Scottishness.

Inclusive - Gaelic and diasporic writing, Latin writing, theological writing, legal writing, and context chapters.

Comprehensive - provides the fullest coverage of Scottish literature ever and the first survey for almost 20 years.

Distinguished contributors from many countries.

Influences the agenda for critical debate on Scottish writing in the twenty-first century.

Topics

Literary Studies Literary Studies, general

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Ian Brown, Thomas Owen Clancy, Susan Manning and Murray Pittock Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Introduction
1 Scottish Literature: Criticism and the Canon Ian Brown, Thomas Owen Clancy, Susan Manning and Murray Pittock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2 The Study of Scottish Literature Cairns Craig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	16
Until 1314
3 One Kingdom from many Peoples: History until 1314 Benjamin Hudson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	33
4 The Topography of People’s Lives: Geography until 1314 Sally M. Foster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	44
5 The Lion’s Tongues: Languages in Scotland to 1314 William Gillies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	52
6 The Poetry of the Court: Praise Thomas Owen Clancy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
7 Aneirin, the Gododdin Jenny Rowland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	72
8 Norse Literature in the Orkney Earldom Judith Jesch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
9 Muireadhach Albanach Ó Dálaigh and the Classical Revolution Katharine Simms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	83
10 Saving Verse: Early Medieval Religious Poetry Gilbert Márkus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
11 Hagiography James E. Fraser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
12 Adomnán of Iona and his Prose Writings Clare Stancliffe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	110
13 Theology, Philosophy and Cosmography Thomas O’Loughlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	115
14 A Fragmentary Literature: Narrative and Lyric from the Early Middle Ages Thomas Owen Clancy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
1314–1707
15 Land and Freedom: Scotland, 1314–1707 Edward J. Cowan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
16 Emergent Nation: Scotland’s Geography, 1314–1707 Charles W. J. Withers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	144
17 The Several Tongues of a Single Kingdom: The Languages of Scotland, 1314–1707 Christine Robinson and Roibeard Ó. Maolalaigh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
18 The International Reception and Literary Impact of Scottish Literature of the Period 1314 until 1707 Paul Barnaby and Tom Hubbard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	164
19 Versions of Scottish Nationhood, c. 850–1707 Nicola Royan and Dauvit Broun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	168
20 From Rome to Ruddiman: The Scoto-Latin Tradition Jack MacQueen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	184
21 Creation and Compilation: The Book of the Dean of Lismore and Literary Culture in Late Medieval Gaelic Scotland Martin MacGregor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209
22 Gaelic Literature in the Later Middle Ages: The Book of the Dean and beyond William Gillies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	219
23 Philosophy and Theology in Scotland before the Reformation Alexander Broadie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	226
24 Scottish Theological Literature, 1560–1707 Crawford Gribben Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
25 Legal Writing, 1314–1707 David Sellar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	238
26 Literature, Art and Architecture Michael Bath Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	245
27 Performances and Plays Bill Findlay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253
28 Balladry: A Vernacular Poetic Resource Mary Ellen Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	263
29 Older Scots Literature and the Court Sally Mapstone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	273
30 Robert Henryson Antony J. Hasler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	286
31 William Dunbar Priscilla Bawcutt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	295
32 Sìleas na Ceapaich Colm Ó Baoill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	305
Notes on Contributors – Volume One Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	315
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	319

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November 13, 2006

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9780748628629

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344

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748628629

eBook ISBN: 9780748628629

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