The Edinburgh history of Scottish literature. Vol. 1, From Columba to the Union (until 1707)
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
Criticism, interpretation, etc
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COVER; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Scottish Literature: Criticism and the Canon; 2 The Study of Scottish Literature; Until 1314; 3 One Kingdom from many Peoples: History until 1314; 4 The Topography of People's Lives: Geography until 1314; 5 The Lion's Tongues: Languages in Scotland to 1314; 6 The Poetry of the Court: Praise; 7 Aneirin, the Gododdin; 8 Norse Literature in the Orkney Earldom; 9 Muireadhach Albanach Ó Dálaigh and the Classical Revolution; 10 Saving Verse: Early Medieval Religious Poetry; 11 Hagiography; 12 Adomnán of Iona and his Prose Writings 13 Theology, Philosophy and Cosmography14 A Fragmentary Literature: Narrative and Lyric from the Early Middle Ages; 1314-1707; 15 Land and Freedom: Scotland, 1314-1707; 16 Emergent Nation: Scotland's Geography, 1314-1707; 17 The Several Tongues of a Single Kingdom: The Languages of Scotland, 1314-1707; 18 The International Reception and Literary Impact of Scottish Literature of the Period 1314 until 1707; 19 Versions of Scottish Nationhood, c. 850-1707; 20 From Rome to Ruddiman: The Scoto-Latin Tradition 21 Creation and Compilation: The Book of the Dean of Lismore and Literary Culture in Late Medieval Gaelic Scotland22 Gaelic Literature in the Later Middle Ages: The Book of the Dean and beyond; 23 Philosophy and Theology in Scotland before the Reformation; 24 Scottish Theological Literature, 1560-1707; 25 Legal Writing, 1314-1707; 26 Literature, Art and Architecture; 27 Performances and Plays; 28 Balladry: A Vernacular Poetic Resource; 29 Older Scots Literature and the Court; 30 Robert Henryson; 31 William Dunbar; 32 Sìleas na Ceapaich; Notes on Contributors
Volume One; Index