The Gude and Godlie Ballatis

New edition of a collection of songs and ballads from sixteenth-century Scotland, shedding important new light on the English and Scottish Reformation.

Sommario

Introduction
General
Witnesses (printed)
Witnesses (manuscript)
Supposed witnesses
Changes in contents
Printing history
Sources of texts
The Wedderburns
Textual transfers
The archaeology of the collection
The GGB and literature
Cultural significance
The value of 1565 GGB
Previous editions
Text criticism
Early fortunes of the GGB: some hypotheses
The language of the GGB
Conclusion
Treatment of Text
Texts
Commentary
Appendix: The Lamentatioun of a Sinner
Indices
Glossary
Bibliography

Info autore

Alasdair A. MacDonald

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alasdair A. MacDonald
• Con la collaborazione di: Alasdair A MacDonald (Editore), Alasdair A. MacDonald (Editore)
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 17.09.2015
• EAN: 9781897976418
• ISBN: 978-1-897976-41-8
• Pagine: 425
• Dimensioni: 145 mm x 218 mm x 38 mm
• Peso: 658 g
• Serie: Scottish Text Society Fifth
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Scritti religiosi, preghiere, libri di canti, meditazioni religiose