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User Review - Michael Murray - GoodreadsEssays from a conference(?) on early Scots literature . Essays plot the emergence of the Gaelic language in Scotland, its variations from its parent source in Irish. Also an excellent piece by Derick Thomson on the MacMurrich bardic family, originating from O'Daleigh in Ireland. Read full review
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The Substance and Structure of The Testament ofCresseid | 22 |
Language as Action in Henrysons Testament ofCresseid | 41 |
Line and Sentence in Dunbars Poetry wilhelm f h nicolaisen | 61 |
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| Title | Bards and makars: Scottish language and literature : medieval and renaissance, Volume 1975 Bards and Makars: Scottish Language and Literature : Medieval and Renaissance, A. J. Aitken |
| Authors | A. J. Aitken, Matthew P. McDiarmid, Derick S. Thomson |
| Editors | A. J. Aitken, Matthew P. McDiarmid, Derick S. Thomson |
| Contributor | A. J. Aitken |
| Publisher | University of Glasgow Press, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 28, 2008 |
| Length | 250 pages |
| Subjects | › › Civilization Civilization, Medieval, in literature Dialect literature, Scottish English fiction English language English literature Foreign Language Study / Miscellaneous History / Europe / Great Britain History / Renaissance History and criticism In literature Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / General Renaissance Scotland Scots language Scottish authors Scottish fiction Scottish literature |
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