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Tradition, transmission, transformation : essays on Scottish Gaelic poetry and song / Virginia Blankenhorn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blankenhorn, V. S. (Virginia S.), author.
- Series:
- Studies in the history and culture of Scotland ; v. 10.
- Studies in the history and culture of Scotland ; volume 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scottish Gaelic poetry--History and criticism.
- Scottish Gaelic poetry.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 525 pages : music ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers, [2019]
- Contents:
- Figures and illustrations
- Tables
- Author's note
- Acknowledgements
- Tradition
- 1. Verse structure and performance in Scottish Gaelic vernacular poetry
- 2. A new approach to the classification of Gaelic song transmission
- 3. Observations on the performance of classical Gaelic syllabic verse
- 4. The Rev. William Matheson and the performance of Scottish Gaelic 'strophic' verse
- 5. 'Griogal cridhe': aspects of transmission in the lament for Griogair Ruadh Mac Griogair of Glen Strae transformation
- 6. From ritual to rhetoric, from rhetoric to art: Women's poetry of lamentation in the Gaelic world
- 7. Traditional and bogus elements in 'Maccrimmon's Lament'
- 8. Songs of the Hebrides and the critics
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the David Milne Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781788745529
- 1788745523
- OCLC:
- 1084630063
- Publisher Number:
- 99983686780
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