The ever green / general editor, Murray Pittock ; edited by Murray Pittock & James J. Caudle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramsay, Allan, 1684-1758, compiler.

Contributor:

Pittock, Murray, editor.

Caudle, James J., editor.

Series:

The Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Allan Ramsay Series

The Edinburgh edition of the collected works of Allan Ramsay ; VI

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scottish poetry--To 1700.

Scottish poetry.

English poetry--Scottish authors.

English poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 818 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Alongside the other volumes in this new Collected Works, 'The Ever Green' will transform academic and popular understanding of this pivotal but, until now, largely under-researched literary figure. It offers the first full and consistent edition of this text, based on the Bannatyne and other MSS (including an allegedly lost printed text of Alexander Montgomerie's Cherrie and the Slae). This volume contains the entire text of the 1724 two volume collection (including the prefatory material, also reproduced-but without MS variants- in Prose), an introduction explaining Ramsay's relationship with the material, how he came to be acquainted with it, and an explanation of his strategy to both present and co-create a Scottish literary tradition from before the Union of the Crowns in 1603.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE

ALLAN RAMSAY (c. 1684–1758)

INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXT

Introduction

The Ever Green I

The Ever Green II

NOTES

GLOSSARY

NOTES TO THE GLOSSARY

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX of SHORT TITLES

INDEX of FIRST LINES

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 24, 2026).

ISBN:

9781399529419

1399529412

OCLC:

1431913219