Scottish Quotations
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2024
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New Edition
Birlinn Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78027-848-3 (ISBN)
Birlinn Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78027-848-3 (ISBN)
The Scots have always had a reputation for clarity of thought and also for the vigour with which it is put into words. This collection spans the entire gamut of a nation's recorded thought and experience from Roman Scotland to the present day. It reveals the spirit of Scotland in a truly unique way.
The Scots have always had a reputation for clarity of thought and also for the vigour with which it is put into words.
This collection spans the entire gamut of a nation's recorded thought and experience from Roman Scotland to the present day. It covers a vast range of subject matter and demonstrates a remarkable variety of moods and tones, from the literary to the colloquial and bawdy. Packed with sharp observation and humour, it sounds other notes too. Meditative, triumphant, tragic, accusing, tender - and often hilarious - it reveals the spirit of Scotland in a truly unique way.
The Scots have always had a reputation for clarity of thought and also for the vigour with which it is put into words.
This collection spans the entire gamut of a nation's recorded thought and experience from Roman Scotland to the present day. It covers a vast range of subject matter and demonstrates a remarkable variety of moods and tones, from the literary to the colloquial and bawdy. Packed with sharp observation and humour, it sounds other notes too. Meditative, triumphant, tragic, accusing, tender - and often hilarious - it reveals the spirit of Scotland in a truly unique way.
David Ross has written numerous books on aspects of Scottish history and culture, some serious and some less so. His most recent isThe Killing Time, a study of Scotland between the Covenant of 1638 and the Union of 1707. Scottish humour is a particular interest, and he is compiler and editor of the best-selling Awa' an' Bile Yer Heid, an anthology of choice Scottish insults. He is currently working on anthology of Scottish humour from its earliest appearances to the present day.
Erscheinungsdatum | 02.05.2024 |
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Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 111 x 178 mm |
Gewicht | 112 g |
Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78027-848-9 / 1780278489 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78027-848-3 / 9781780278483 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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