{"product_id":"9780862414771-scottish-ballads","title":"Scottish Ballads","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eScotland's ballads represent one of the high-water marks of Scottish  literature and are famous as superb expressions of oral culture,  reflecting a world of magic, deep passion and history transformed into  legend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis selection includes more than eighty of the finest  ballads, together with an introduction, notes and glosses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eScotland's ballads represent one of the high-water marks of Scottish  literature and are famous as superb expressions of oral culture,  reflecting a world of magic, deep passion and history transformed into  legend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis selection includes more than eighty of the finest  ballads, together with an introduction, notes and glosses. The versions  come from the last three centuries-from the time of Burns and Scott, who  were among the earliest collectors, up to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough  the ballads are anonymous in a way, the singers themselves determine  the versions we have, by a process of selection, interpretation and  refashioning. Wherever possible, this edition includes the names of the  singers, many of whom were women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn internationally recognised  ballad scholar, Emily Lyle is a research fellow at the School of  Scottish Studies in the University of Edinburgh, and is general editor  of \u003ci\u003eThe Grieg-Duncan Folk song Collection\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57536526418294,"sku":"9780862414771","price":9.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27471151.jpg?v=1774289147","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780862414771-scottish-ballads","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}