{"product_id":"9780748694372-minstrelsy-of-the-scottish-bordersources-and-commentary","title":"`Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border’: Sources and Commentary","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSources and Commentary\u003cbr\u003eThis critical edition of Scott's Minstrelsy presents a seminal 19th-century work for a 21st-century audience This 3-volume edition of Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802-3) presents nearly 100 poems and songs, many of them containing fascinating narratives of death, murder and abductions. It also includes his extended essays on history\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis critical edition of Scott’s \u003ci\u003eMinstrelsy\u003c\/i\u003e presents a seminal 19th-century work for a 21st-century audience\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe third volume in this three volume set fully contextualises the Minstrelsy in discussing the 1830 edition. It includes an introductory essay on popular poetry and on various collections of ballads of Britain, particularly those of Scotland, and an essay on the ancient ballad. This volume places Scott’s Minstrelsy text within the broad framework of traditional ballad studies and contemporary compositions. The ballads are printed in full (with music where available) from MS 877, MS 893 and other manuscripts, chap-books, letters and books available to Scott with contextual commentary provided for each ballad as appropriate. The first part of the commentary comprises a literary discussion of Scott’s choice of text followed by a discussion of oral traditions, including the singer and the Sitz-im-Leben. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents the first complete modern critical edition of Scott’s ballads and songs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides insight into the oral and the literate culture of Scotland at a critical point of transition between the two\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReveals the roots of Scott’s impact on Romantic perceptions and on the creation of an imagined Scotland \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSettles the question of authenticity: identifies the relationship of Scott’s published versions of each ballad to the sources and parallels available to Scott, mainly in manuscript\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41608600682593,"sku":"9780748694372","price":98.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26604252.jpg?v=1762441367","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780748694372-minstrelsy-of-the-scottish-bordersources-and-commentary","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}