This title introduces Scotland's contribution to forms of
traditional culture and expression. The 18 acknowledged experts
introduce readers to important genres and elements of traditional
literature from the late medieval period to the present, as well as
providing a clear explanation of key conceptual and theoretical
issues. They present a diverse cultural history, explain the ways
in which 'tradition' is created through interaction with song and
music, and how it relates to popular belief; and explain the role
that ideas about national, political, and cultural identity have
played in the preservation and transmission of traditional
materials. It explores the cultural meanings of 'tradition' and
'living tradition' and the roles of historical and modern
informants, storytellers, and singers. It examines the relationship
between the oral and the literary in Scots, Gaelic, and English. It
draws on a wide range of examples including: Francis J. Child's The
English and Scottish Popular Ballads; The Greig-Duncan Folk Song
Collection; the waulking song; Gaelic folktale; the traditions of
Fionn mac Cumhail; the songs of Anna Gordon Brown; ballads from
Walter Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border and James Hogg's
Jacobite Relics; and material from George Campbell Hay, Sorley
Maclean and Hamish Henderson. It guides readers through some of the
key theoretical and conceptual issues in the field.
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