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

Ian Brown; Thomas Clancy; Susan Manning; Murray Pittock

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2006

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

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748628629

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About this book

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.

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

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 344
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: November 13, 2006
ISBN: 9780748628629