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The Minstrelsy Of The Scottish Border (Volume Iv)

The Minstrelsy Of The Scottish Border (Volume Iv)

Scott, Walter

Paperback

Mythology & FolklorePoetry AnthologiesBritish History

ISBN10: 9354504124
ISBN13: 9789354504129
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 404
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Wild rides, laments, and battle-cries from the Marches. In Volume IV of The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Walter Scott gathers voices that shaped a frontier culture where Scotland meets England. Hear the Border sing again. This ballad anthology is more than a folk song collection: it is an annotated poetry compilation where Scott sets scottish border ballads beside the traditions that carried them. Traditional scottish folklore runs through historical legends and songs of reivers, lovers, saints, and spectres, presented with notes that track variants, sources, and dialect. Scott also threads in antiquarian context - customs, place-names, family feuds - turning each piece into a vivid document of scottish borders history. Read it for story and mood, or keep it close as a folklore research reference for medieval british ballads and celtic folk music lyrics ready for recital or song. First published at the height of the Romantic revival, Scott's Minstrelsy helped define british narrative poetry classics and proved that oral art could stand beside the written canon. It remains central to romantic literature study, and to anyone interested in how memory and music survive upheaval. Whether you dip in for one stirring narrative or follow Scott's scholarship line by line, Volume IV suits casual browsing, dedicated study, and the classic-literature collector seeking authoritative Border tradition. 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.

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