ASLS Annual Volumes – serie
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19 produkter
Serving Twa Maisters
Five Classic Plays in Scots Translation
Häftad, 2005
184 kr
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"Serving Twa Maisters" brings together five plays in Scots translation: "Let Wives Tak Tent" (Robert Kemp's version of Moliere's "L'Ecole des Femmes"); "The Burdies" (Douglas Young's version of Aristophanes' "The Birds"); "The Servant o' Twa Maisters" (adapted by Victor Carin from "Il Servitore di …
Devil to Stage
Five Plays by James Bridie
Av James Bridie, Gerard Carruthers
Häftad, 2007
213 kr
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James Bridie was one of the most influential British dramatists of the 20th century. This new collection includes "The Sunlight Sonata", "A Sleeping Clergyman", "Mr Bolfry", and "Daphne Laureola", along with what is possibly Bridie's most famous work, "The Anatomist": the tale of Dr. Knox and his …
Scottish People's Theatre
Plays by Glasgow Unity Writers
Av Bill Findlay
Häftad, 2008
213 kr
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Growing out of roots planted in the Great Depression and the chaos of the Second World War, Glasgow Unity Theatre grew into the most celebrated and influential of mid-twentieth century Scottish theatre companies, successfully developing the theatrical styles and political commitments of the …
Cottagers of Glenburnie
And Other Educational Writing
Av Elizabeth Hamilton, Pamela Perkins
Häftad, 2010
145 kr
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'The Cottagers of Glenburnie' presents vivid depictions - and biting satires - of Scottish peasant life. It also skillfully discusses and dissects class issues, British imperialism, and war.
Song of Glasgow Town
The Collected Poems of Marion Bernstein
Av Marion H. Bernstein, Edward H. Cohen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
184 kr
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Although her reputation now rests on her poems on women's rights, the Glasgow poet Marion Bernstein (1846 - 1906) recognised little distinction between gender equality and social equality. She had no patience for those who claimed privilege over others. She valued her fellow poets, many of whom …
From the Line
Scottish War Poetry 1914-1945
Av David Goldie, Roderick Watson
Inbunden, 2014
184 kr
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The first half of the Twentieth Century witnessed two catastrophic global conflicts, with suffering on a scale that - thankfully - later generations find hard to comprehend. The full story of what it was like to endure these wars might never be told, because many who survived chose not to speak - …
Mary Paterson, or, the Fatal Error
Av David Pae
Inbunden, 2015
180 kr
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Mary Paterson, or, The Fatal Error is a high-Victorian tale of the tragic life, and sorry end, of poor Mary Paterson: her fall from grace, her unhappy loves - and her final grisly demise at the hands of Burke and Hare, who kept Edinburgh's anatomists supplied with freshly manufactured corpses. But …
Kist o Skinklan Things
An Anthology of Scots Poetry from the First and Second Waves of the Scottish Renaissance
Inbunden, 2017
218 kr
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The twentieth-century Scottish Renaissance saw a sudden and dramatic change in Scotland's literary landscape. Beginning in the 1920s, Scottish writers increasingly engaged with contemporary social and political issues, and with questions of national identity. An integral part of this development …
Edwin Morgan: In Touch With Language
A New Prose Collection 1950–2005
Av Edwin Morgan, John Coyle m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
348 kr
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“I try to write something every day even though I am not writing poetry, just to get myself in touch with language.”—Edwin MorganEdwin Morgan (1920–2010) is one of the giants of modern literature. Scotland’s national poet from 2004 to his death, throughout his long life he produced an astonishing …
Dràma na Gàidhlig: Ceud Bliadhna air an Àrd-ùrlar
A Century of Gaelic Drama
Häftad, 2021
283 kr
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Compared to Gaelic poetry, the history of Gaelic theatre has not been a particularly long one, with the first examples appearing in the eighteenth century. However, drama in Gaelic began to thrive in the twentieth century, and modern Gaelic drama has the power to break down barriers and to touch …
Jacobean Parnassus
Scottish poetry from the reign of James I
Häftad, 2022
289 kr
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A great deal of excellent poetry was composed in Scotland in the first quarter of the seventeenth century. In 1603, when James Stewart became also king of England and Ireland, several Scottish poets moved to London, and commented on events at Court. Others preferred to remain in their homeland, at …
Poems by a Lady
Av Helen Craik, Rachel Mann m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
289 kr
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The poetry of Helen Craik (1751–1825), Gothic novelist and friend of Robert Burns, was long thought lost. The rediscovery of her manuscript Poems by a Lady (1790), transcribed and annotated here for the first time, invites a fresh evaluation of her life and work. From short satires and …
Haste Ye Back
Av Dorothy K. Haynes, Craig Lamont
Häftad, 2024
202 kr
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First published in 1973, Haste Ye Back is a lively and intimate portrayal of Aberlour Orphanage in Banffshire, where Dorothy K. Haynes (1918–1987) spent four formative years in her childhood. Best known as a writer of gothic and supernatural fiction, here Haynes’s vivid imagination brings to life …
Setting the Stage
New Wave Scottish Drama from the 1970s and 1980s
Av Steven Cramer, John Corbett
Häftad, 2025
283 kr
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These five plays address cultural and political mythmaking, both modern and historical, in Scotland and internationally. With their fascinatingly fresh approaches to dramatic possibilities and dynamic theatricality, they do so with both shocking directness and laugh-out-loud humour. Setting the …
Green Tree in Gedde
Av Alan Sharp, Colin McIlroy m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
214 kr
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Alan Sharp (1934–2013) is best remembered today as a screenwriter, the author of classic Hollywood movies such as Ulzana’s Raid (1972) and Night Moves (1975), as well as the 1995 film Rob Roy, starring Liam Neeson. But his writing career really began with the publication in 1965 of his …
Traditional Tales
Av Allan Cunningham, Tim Killick
Inbunden, 2012
167 kr
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Allan Cunningham's Traditional Tales is a selection of folk stories steeped in the traditions and popular literature of southern Scotland and northern England. Originally published in 1822, this was one of the earliest collections of folktales ever produced in Britain. Operating within the …
Corona Borealis
Scottish Neo-Latin Poets on King James VI and His Reign, 1566–1603
Av Steven J. Reid, David McOmish
Inbunden, 2020
825 kr
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Latin was Scotland’s third language in the early modern period, alongside Scots and Gaelic, and the reign of King James VI and I is considered to be a golden age of Scottish neo-Latin literature.Corona Borealis considers Latin texts by Scottish authors written between James’s birth in 1566 and his …
