The New Companion to Scottish CultureDavid Daiches A compendium of information on Scottish life, work, play and imagination. Over 400 alphabetical articles with over 3500 index entries. When The Companion appeared in 1981 it was hailed as a remarkable achievement: here was the first reference book to cover all the significant aspects of Scottish life, thought and imagination throughout history, with articles on individuals, movements and institutions. This new and completely revised edition takes in the events of the past decade which has seen a flowering of Scottish art, music and literature and a growing awareness that Scotland's rich and diverse culture has much to be celebrated for its distinctiveness. Over 400 articles range from childrens' street games to portrait painting, from eating habits to great industrialists, and from football to the Scottish Enlightenment. |
Common terms and phrases
Aberdeen Aberdeenshire achieved Alexander architecture areas artists ballads became Britain British burgh Celtic centre Church Church of Scotland classical common contemporary Court culture Cumbric dance David Dundee early Edinburgh eighteenth century England English established Gaelic Glasgow Highland Hugh MacDiarmid important industry influence Inverness Ireland Irish Isles Jacobite James John king Labour land language late later Lindsay literary London Lord Lowland major medieval ment modern nineteenth century notably novels original Orkney painting Parliament period Perthshire Pictish Picts played poems poet poetry political popular produced published Reformation Robert Roman Royal School Scotland Scots Scots law Scott Scottish art Scottish Arts Council Scottish Enlightenment Scottish Gaelic Scottish literature Scottish Renaissance seventeenth century Shetland social society songs St Andrews style success survived theatre tion towns tradition Union University verse William writing