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 Marhcen, classical ballads, riddles,
jocular tales, lyric and comic and occupational folksongs, rhymes,
historical and supernatural legends, and guisers' plays. The texts
chosen cover the main regional traditions of Lowland Scotland, from
Galloway to the Shetlands, and span a number of centuries, through
both pre- and post-industrial periods, from a sailor's worksong of
the sixteenth century to modern urban legends just recently
recorded. The book is arranged in four sections, on Folk Narrative,
Folksong, Folksay, and Folk Drama, each with an introduction and a
bibliographical essay setting the material in context and
indicating some of its international links. Folk literature itself
is brought into firm focus by discussion and generic example, and
the anthology as a whole illuminates substantial areas of Scottish
social and cultural life.
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