Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850John Donald, 2007 - 438 pages Though they represent a great unmined treasure-trove of history, literature and popular culture, chapbooks have been incomprehensibly and disgracefully ignored. This title presents a study of this form of publication. |
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Page 36
... Macdonalds might have escaped their fate had they been able to consult some- thing like The Visions , Discoveries , and Warnings of the Dreadful and Terrible Judgements Upon Scotland , England , and Ireland , Which Were revealed to John ...
... Macdonalds might have escaped their fate had they been able to consult some- thing like The Visions , Discoveries , and Warnings of the Dreadful and Terrible Judgements Upon Scotland , England , and Ireland , Which Were revealed to John ...
Page 331
... MacDonald and Campbell clans . The poem takes the form of a fairly short piece of praise poetry , not by any means as formal or learned as some of the panegyric found in some of the other Gaelic chapbooks , but instead rather light ...
... MacDonald and Campbell clans . The poem takes the form of a fairly short piece of praise poetry , not by any means as formal or learned as some of the panegyric found in some of the other Gaelic chapbooks , but instead rather light ...
Page 431
... MacDonald , Alexander , 324 McDonald , William R. , 24 MacDonald clan , 324 , 331 MacDonell , Alasdair Ranaldson ( " Glengarry ' ) , 319 , 320 MacFarlan , James ( 1832-1862 ) , 31 McGonagall , William ( 1830-1902 ) , 31 MacGregor ...
... MacDonald , Alexander , 324 McDonald , William R. , 24 MacDonald clan , 324 , 331 MacDonell , Alasdair Ranaldson ( " Glengarry ' ) , 319 , 320 MacFarlan , James ( 1832-1862 ) , 31 McGonagall , William ( 1830-1902 ) , 31 MacGregor ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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