The Literature of the Scottish Gael

Donald MACLEAN

Verlag: Edinburgh and London: William Hodge and Company, 1912

Beschreibung

Spine slightly faded, fCovers very slightly faded, free endpapers a little embrowned, but a nice copy. "In this literature can be found what Matthew Arnold called 'the lineaments of the Celtic genius.' It is the key to the heart of the Highlander, to the mysticism of his life, to his devoutness and religious conservatism, and to those peculiar features of his character which form a phenomenon almost unintelligible to the foreigner. The grand songs of the people's poets, whether secular or sacred, have percolated through all countries where the wandering children of the Gael have pitched their tents. In village and in clachan, on the seaboards at home and the outer extremities of this mighty Empire, in the prairies of America, these songs have cheered the heart of many a pilgrim . . ." Donald Maclean (1869-1943), from Lochcarron, was Professor of Church History at the Free Church College in Edinburgh, 1920-43. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers S100269

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Literature of the Scottish Gael

Verlag: Edinburgh and London: William Hodge and Company

Erscheinungsdatum: 1912

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition