The gentle shepherd / edited by Steve Newman & David McGuinness.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramsay, Allan, 1684-1758, author.

Contributor:

Newman, Steve, 1970- editor.

McGuinness, David, editor.

Series:

Ramsay, Allan, 1684-1758. English (Edinburgh edition) Works.

The Edinburgh edition of the collected works of Allan Ramsay ; volume I

The Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Allan Ramsay Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ramsay, Allan, 1684-1758. Gentle shepherd.

Ramsay, Allan.

Scottish drama--18th century.

Scottish drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 601 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The Edinburgh edition of the collected works of Allan Ramsay. Volume I, The gentle sheperd

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The first full and consistent edition of Allan Ramsay's most influential text, 'The Gentle Shepherd'. Ramsay's pastoral comedy The Gentle Shepherd (1725; 1729) went through over a hundred editions, was performed many hundreds of times, and inspired a wide range of visual representations and critiques. Although it is one of the most important printed texts in Scots literature, there has never been a scholarly edition which does justice to its complicated genesis, and to the music of its many songs. This groundbreaking and definitive edition will be welcomed by scholars, teachers, and practitioners of literature, drama and music, and opens up new avenues for research and performance.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE

ALLAN RAMSAY (c. 1684–1758)

TEXT

INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXT

The Gentle Shepherd (1725)

The Gentle Shepherd (1729)

NOTES

MUSIC

INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSIC

SOURCES FOR THE MUSIC

THE MUSIC

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Jan 2025).

ISBN:

9781474479097

147447909X

9781474479080

1474479081

OCLC:

1336503214