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The Minstrelsy Of The Scottish Border (Volume Ii)

The Minstrelsy Of The Scottish Border (Volume Ii)

Scott, Walter

Paperback

Mythology & FolkloreGeneral PoetryBritish History

ISBN10: 9354503969
ISBN13: 9789354503962
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 378
Weight: 1.22
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Ride the old frontier where songs carried news, grief, and revenge faster than any rider. Songs. Blood. Memory. Border wind. In Volume II of The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Walter Scott deepens his landmark scottish border ballad collection, gathering a traditional folk song anthology shaped by the medieval border marches. These are annotated historical ballads: stark, rhythmic narratives of border reivers legends, scottish folklore and myth, and the hard realities of clan feuds and raids. Scott frames each piece with learned commentary that illuminates place, custom, and belief, making the volume as gripping for story-lovers as it is useful for readers tracing anglo-scottish border history. For anyone seeking a folk music sourcebook with literary weight, this book remains a vital celtic studies reference, and an essential child ballads companion for comparing later scholarship with an earlier, passionate act of preservation. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. A cornerstone of scottish romantic literature, it belongs on the shelf of classic-literature collectors, yet reads with the urgency of lived experience: a cultural record of a contested land, kept alive in verse.

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