| Scottish Literature: An Anthology- Volume II Contributor(s): McCordick, David D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820433993 ISBN-13: 9780820433998 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $85.98 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 820.809 |
| LCCN: 95035346 |
| Lexile Measure: 1240 |
| Series: Scottish Literature |
| Physical Information: 2.41" H x 6.52" W x 9.32" (3.44 lbs) 1241 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is Volume II of the first comprehensive anthology of English-language Scottish Literature, one which covers all literary genres except the novel, and all periods. This volume includes 188 Scottish writers from about 1775 through Robert Louis Stevenson. Among its over 700 works are the complete texts of such verse classics as "The Siller Gun, The Har'st Rig, The Sabbath, The Pleasures of Hope," and "The City of Dreadful Night," major prose fiction like "The Golden Key" and "The Library Window," and the novelettes "The Penance of John Logan," and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Intended for both the general reader and the student of literature, it contains introductions, notes and marginal glosses. |