The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Traditional Literatures - Dunnigan, Sarah (Edinburgh University Press, 2013)
Title page; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The Roots of Living Tradition; CHAPTER TWO Genre; CHAPTER THREE Folk Belief and Scottish Traditional Literatures; CHAPTER FOUR Transmission; CHAPTER FIVE 'Tradition' and Literature in the Medieval Period; CHAPTER SIX Vernacular Gaelic Tradition; CHAPTER SEVEN The Early Modern Period; CHAPTER EIGHT The Heroic Ballads of Gaelic Scotland; CHAPTER NINE Eighteenth-Century Antiquarianism; CHAPTER TEN Lowland Song Culture in the Eighteenth Century; CHAPTER ELEVEN Tradition and Scottish Romanticism
CHAPTER TWELVE Nineteenth-Century Highland and Island FolkloreCHAPTER THIRTEEN Tradition and Innovation in Twentieth-Century Scottish Gaelic Literature; CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Politics of the Modern Scottish Folk Revival; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Continuing the Living Tradition; Endnotes; Further Reading; Index
This collection of essays explores the historical importance and imaginative richness of Scotland's extensive contribution to modes of traditional culture and expression: ballads, tales and storytelling, and song. Its underlying aim is to bring about a more dynamic and inclusive understanding of Scottish culture. Rooted in literary history and both comparative and interdisciplinary in scope, the volume covers the key aspects and genres of traditional literature, including the Gaelic tradition, from the medieval period to the present. Key theoretical and conceptual issues raised by the historic