Gaelic Otherworld

This is a comprehensive collection of fairy tales, ghosts and monsters from the highlands of Scotland, originally compiled by John Gregorson Campbell, one of the most outstanding folklorists of the nineteenth century. Features extensive explanatory notes and a radically revised biography of the collector, supported by bibliography, maps and index.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ronald Black is a retired Senior Lecturer in Celtic Studies at the University of Edinburgh and former Gaelic Editor of the Scotsman. He is a book reviewer and broadcaster, and has contributed to a wide variety of newspapers and journals. He lives in Peebles, Scotland.

Zusammenfassung

This is a comprehensive collection of fairy tales, ghosts and monsters from the highlands of Scotland, originally compiled by John Gregorson Campbell, one of the most outstanding folklorists of the nineteenth century. Features extensive explanatory notes and a radically revised biography of the collector, supported by bibliography, maps and index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Gregorson Campbell
• Mitarbeit: Ronald Black (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Birlinn
• Sprache: Gälisch-Schottisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.05.2019
• Abmessung: 156 mm x 234 mm x 69 mm
• Gewicht: 1477 g
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Sonstiges