Beside the Bard : Lowland Scottish poetry in the age of Burns / by Christian, George S.

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Beside the Bard : Scottish Lowland poetry in the age of Burns / by Christian, George S.

Beside the Bard : Scottish Lowland poetry in the age of Burns / by Christian, George S.

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The Islands of the Blessed / by Farmer, Nancy, 1941-

Subjects: “…Bards and bardism Fiction.…”

The Gaelic sources of MacPherson's "Ossian" by Thomson, Derick S.

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Critical essays on Robert Burns /

Table of Contents: “…Resisting the powers of calculation : a bard's politics /…”

Volksliedbearbeitungen. by Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809

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Art and identity in Scotland : a cultural history from the Jacobite Rising of 1745 to Walter Scott / by Coltman, Viccy

Table of Contents: “…Scots in Europe : 'making a figure' : painted portraiture on the grand tour -- Scots in London : 'the means of bread with applause' : George Steuart's architectural elevation -- Scots in empire : 'good fishing in muddy waters' : Claud Alexander in Calcutta and Catrine -- The prince in Scotland : 'daubed with plaid and crammed with treason' : the visual and material culture of embodied insurrection -- The monarch in the metropolis : a scopic spectacle : George IV's visit to Edinburgh, August 1822 -- Borders bard : 'the exactness of the resemblance' : Sir Walter Scott and the physiognomy of romanticism -- Conclusion: Scott-land.…”
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The genius of Scotland : the cultural production of Robert Burns, 1785-1834 / by Andrews, Corey

Table of Contents: “…The Genius of Scotland; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Genius of Scotland; Chapter One: Ploughman, Minstrel, Bard: Poetic Personæ and the rise of Genius Theory; Chapter Two: 'Who are you Mr. …”
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Erik Chisholm, Scottish modernist, 1904-1965 : chasing a restless muse / by Purser, John, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…-- The Active Society : bringing the heroes of modernism to Glasgow -- Chisholm's Scottish inheritance -- Interlude : the love of Sorabji -- A Trojan horse in Glasgow - Berlioz, Mozart and Gluck -- The ballet and the baton as weapons of war -- Pictures from Dante and Night song of the bards : a journey from West to East -- From Italy to India and Singapore -- Under Table Mountain -- On tour in the USA and Europe -- Soviet ambassador : Chisholm behind the iron curtain -- Interlude : the love of Janáček -- Chasing a restless muse : the heart's betrayal -- Envoi -- Appendix 1, The Active Society for the Propagation of Contemporary Music -- Appendix 2, Patrick Macdonald sources for Chisholm's piano works -- Select Bibliography -- Discography -- Selected compositions.…”
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Erik Chisholm, Scottish Modernist (1904-1965) : Chasing a Restless Muse. by Purser, John, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter 2: The Active Society; Chapter 3: Chisholm's Scottish Inheritance; interlude: The Love of Sorabji; Chapter 4: A Trojan Horse in Glasgow; Chapter 5: The Ballet & the Baton as Weapons of War; Centre-piece: Pictures from Dante & Night Song of the Bards; Chapter 6: From Italy to India and Singapore; Chapter 7: Under Table Mountain; Chapter 8: On Tour in the USA and Europe; Chapter 9: Soviet Ambassador; interlude: The Love of Janáček; Chapter 10: Chasing a Restless Muse; Envoi.…”
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The life of David Hume / by Mossner, Ernest Campbell, 1907-1986

Table of Contents: “…Man of letters -- The Humes of Ninewells -- Boyhood at Ninewells -- Student days at Edinburgh -- Law versus literature -- Disease of the learned -- Recovery through catharsis -- Tranquility in France -- Fever of publication -- A treatise of human nature -- Essays moral and political -- Academic illusion -- The unfortunate tutor -- Spectator to a rebellion -- A military campaign -- A military embassy -- Achievement of ambition -- Leisure and laughter -- Citizen of Edinburgh -- Political discourses -- Pax ecclesiastica -- The opposition gathers -- The history of England -- Four dissertations -- Drum ecclesiastic -- The bard and the church -- Scotland's Augustans -- The indifference of England -- The call of France -- The adulation of France -- The Comtesse de Boufflers -- The philosophies -- Embassy secretary -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Under-secretary of state -- Autumnal serenity -- Disturbers of the peace -- Death comes for the philosopher -- The dignity of human nature.…”
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Our ancient national airs : Scottish song collecting from the enlightenment to the romantic era / by McAulay, Karen

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; General Editor's Series Preface; Introduction; 1 'Never hitherto published': Preserving the Highland Heritage; 2 'The aera of Scotish music and Scotish song is now passed': Lowland Song Collecting, c. 1780-1800; 3 'To take down a melody': Travel in Pursuit of Song; 4 'Leaving the world to find out whether they are old or new': Invention or Fakery?; 5 'Which many a bard had chanted many a day': Paratextual Imagery and Metaphors in Romantic Celtic Song Collections.…”
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The Best Laid Schemes : Selected Poetry and Prose of Robert Burns. by Burns, Robert

Table of Contents: “…L[aprai]k, an old Scotch bard -- The vision -- To a mouse -- The holy fair -- The twa dogs, a tale -- The Cotter's Saturday night -- Address to the Deil -- Brose and butter -- To a louse -- A cantata [Love and liberty or The jolly beggars] -- On a Scotch bard gone to the West Indies -- To the author [Second epistle to Davie] -- [Lines written on a Bank of Scotland one guinea note] -- [Address to Beelzebub] -- A dream -- The brigs of Ayr : a poem -- The northern lass -- Address to Edinburgh -- To a haggis -- A fragment [There was a lad] -- [Inscribed around Fergusson's portrait] -- [Lines on Fergusson] -- Written by somebody on the window of an inn at Stirling on seeing the royal palace in ruins -- Ca' the ewes to the Knowes [first version] -- I love my Jean -- O, were I on Parnassus Hill -- Tam Glen -- Auld Lang Syne -- Louis what reck I by thee -- Robin Shure in Hairst -- Nine inch will please a lady -- Afton water -- [Epistle to Dr. …”
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The Emigrant Experience: Songs of Highland Emigrants in North America. by MacDonell, Margaret

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The collected works of James Hogg / by Hogg, James, 1770-1835

Table of Contents: “…Altrive tales / edited by Gillian Hughes -- v. 20. The mountain bard / edited by Suzanne Gilbert ; with a glossary by maggie Scott -- v. 22. …”
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Association and enlightenment : Scottish clubs and societies, 1700-1830 /

Table of Contents: “…The "Bohemian Club": A Study of Edinburgh's Cape Club Rhona Brown -- 7. "Caledonia's Bard, Brother Burns": Robert Burns and Scottish Freemasonry Corey E. …”
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Edinburgh companion to Scottish romanticism /

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The emigrant experience : songs of Highland emigrants in North America / by MacDonell, Margaret, 1920-

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The Edinburgh history of the book in Scotland.

Table of Contents: “…MARKETS AND GENRES; Chapter Four Literature in the Marketplace; The Rise of the Scottish Literary Market -- Peter Garside; Authorship: Six Case Studies; Walter Scott and the Management of Copyright -- Jane Millgate; Waverley and the Scottish Fiction Revolution -- Peter Garside; John MacLean, the Gaelic Bard -- Donald E.…”
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