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used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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A Dominie's Log
Alexander Sutherland Neill
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R898
Discovery Miles 8 980
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Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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The Brahan Seer is a legendary figure known throughout Scotland and
the Scottish Diaspora and indeed anywhere there is an interest in
looking into the future. This book traces the legend of the Seer
between the sixteenth and twenty-first centuries. It considers the
seer figure in relation to aspects of Scottish Highland culture and
society that shaped its development during this period. These
include the practice and prosecution of witchcraft, the reporting
and scientific investigation of instances of second sight, and the
perennial belief in and use of prophecy as a means of predicting
events. In so doing the book pro-vides a set of historicised
contexts for understanding the genesis of the legend and how it
changed over time through a synthesis of historical events, oral
tradition, folklore and literary Romanticism. It makes a
contribution to the debates not only about witchcraft, second sight
and prophecy but also about the relationship between 'popular' and
'elite' culture in Scotland. By taking the Brahan Seer as a case
study it argues that 'popular' culture is not antithetical to
'elite' culture but rather in constant (and complex) interaction
with it.
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