| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Routledge library editions. Folklore ; volume 13
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Routledge library editions. Folklore ; v. 13.
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| Note |
Originally published: 1984. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-248) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Folk literature: Introduction. -- Folk narrative. -- Folksong. -- Folksay. -- Folk drama. |
| Summary |
Scottish folk literature is characterised by a wide range of creative expression: story, song, play and proverb. This anthology, first published in 1984, provides an authoritative introduction to Scottish folk literature, and is unique in that it deals with all the genres intrinsic to Scottish tradition. Its selected texts offer an unusual and diverse enjoyment to the reader, including such forms as wonder tales or Märhcen, classical ballads, riddles, jocular tales, lyric and comic and occupational folksongs, rhymes, historical and supernatural legends, and guisers' plays. The texts chosen cov. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Folk literature, Scottish.
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Folk literature, Scottish. |
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Folk literature, Scottish -- History and criticism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Buchan, David, 1939- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Buchan, David. Scottish Tradition (RLE Folklore) : A Collection of Scottish Folk Literature. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2015 9781138843875 |
| ISBN |
9781317550051 (electronic book) |
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1317550056 (electronic book) |
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9781315730790 |
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1315730790 |
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9781317550037 |
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131755003X |
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9781317550044 |
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1317550048 |
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1138843873 |
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9781138843875 |
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9781138845619 |
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1138845612 |
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9781315728315 (set eISBN) |
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1315728311 (set eISBN) |
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9781138843875 |
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9781138842175 (set print) |
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