Aberdeen Journal" Notes And Queries (Volume I) 1908 - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 9354304516 ISBN 13: 9789354304514

Verlag: Alpha Editions, 2020

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Aberdeen Journal: Notes And Queries (Volume I) 1908 opens a door into the lively exchanges of local scholarship that sustained north-east Scotland at the turn of the twentieth century. A rare window into Scotland. This British literary anthology and historical periodical collection reproduces the inquiries, replies and antiquarian notes that defined regional intellectual life: place-name debates, family-history queries, literary curiosities and bibliographic leads. Evoking the Victorian era journal tradition while rooted in an Edwardian period publication, it bridges nineteenth century literature and the social textures of early 1900s Scotland. Readable and rigorous in equal measure, it is both a pleasure for casual readers of Scottish cultural history and a practical reference for historians and an academic research resource for local history research. The items range from factual corrections to local reminiscences, offering rich leads for genealogists, students of dialect and folklore, and anyone exploring the everyday mechanics of provincial scholarship. Significant as a contemporary record and a recovered primary source, Aberdeen Journal illuminates how provincial periodicals shaped public memory, literary taste and archive-building. As an entry in any British archives compendium it supplies material often absent from metropolitan collections, and antiquarian book collectors will value its provenance and the first-hand feel of local scholarship. Whether tracing family roots or deepening research into nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Britain, readers will find original leads and quiet discoveries. Useful to librarians and museum curators, it helps to augment catalogue entries and exhibition research. Students of book history, folklore and regional identity will encounter primary evidence rarely assembled in one place. For the curious reader, the volume preserves the tone of small-scale scholarly exchange that linked parishes, libraries and learned societies across Britain. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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The author of the "Gesta Romanorum," an anonymous cleric from late 13th or early 14th century England or Germany, masterfully compiled this timeless anthology. Their work, blending moralistic tales with historical and mythological elements, reflects the deep Christian ethos of the medieval era. Though their identity remains a mystery, their influence endures in the rich narrative tradition they helped shape, impacting generations of storytellers and readers alike.

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• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9354304516
• ISBN 13: 9789354304514
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 216
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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