Download or read book Half Longing Scotland written by Richard Gault and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-09-13 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare to embark on a captivating journey through the heart of Scotland in this thought-provoking and enlightening book. Join Richard Gault as he recounts his month-long walk from the southernmost tip of Scotland to Inverness, covering half the length of the country. More than just a travelogue, this book will inspire you to see the familiar in new ways, from the tiniest midge to the most majestic mountain. As Richard traverses the Scottish landscape, he uncovers a rich tapestry of history spanning two thousand years. He reveals Scotland as a land of saints, myths, and monsters; a land of heroes and villains; a land with surprising connections to distant countries. Through his journey, you’ll discover how Scotland played a pivotal role in shaping the modern world, even paving the way (quite literally, in one instance) for progress. By the end of this book, you’ll find yourself filled with a deeper appreciation for the past and a renewed sense of wonder for Scotland’s nature, people, and landscapes. But the journey doesn’t end there. Richard’s experiences will leave you pondering profound questions about the present and future, inviting you to reflect on your own relationship with the world around you. Informative, thought-provoking, and utterly engaging, this book is one you’ll find yourself recommending to friends time and time again. Step into Richard’s shoes and embark on an unforgettable journey through Scotland’s history, beauty, and soul.
Download or read book Half Longing Scotland written by RICHARD. GAULT and published by Austin Macauley. This book was released on 2024-09-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare to embark on a captivating journey through the heart of Scotland in this thought-provoking and enlightening book. Join Richard Gault as he recounts his month-long walk from the southernmost tip of Scotland to Inverness, covering half the length of the country. More than just a travelogue, this book will inspire you to see the familiar in new ways, from the tiniest midge to the most majestic mountain. As Richard traverses the Scottish landscape, he uncovers a rich tapestry of history spanning two thousand years. He reveals Scotland as a land of saints, myths, and monsters; a land of heroes and villains; a land with surprising connections to distant countries. Through his journey, you'll discover how Scotland played a pivotal role in shaping the modern world, even paving the way (quite literally, in one instance) for progress. By the end of this book, you'll find yourself filled with a deeper appreciation for the past and a renewed sense of wonder for Scotland's nature, people, and landscapes. But the journey doesn't end there. Richard's experiences will leave you pondering profound questions about the present and future, inviting you to reflect on your own relationship with the world around you. Informative, thought-provoking, and utterly engaging, this book is one you'll find yourself recommending to friends time and time again. Step into Richard's shoes and embark on an unforgettable journey through Scotland's history, beauty, and soul.
Download or read book Modern Scottish Women Poets written by Dorothy McMillan and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited and Introduced by Dorothy McMillan and Michel Byrne. ‘This is a book full of life, energy, skill and unexpected found treasure: a blend of major and minor voices which reveals the formation and verve of Scotland’s modern poetic.’ Ali Smith This invaluable collection traces the work of nearly a hundred writers over one of the most eventful periods in Scottish literary history, and an extensive introduction sets the scene for the growth of women writers from Scotland throughout the whole of the twentieth century. With over 200 poems – from Naomi Mitchison, Carol Ann Duffy, Dilys Rose, Kathleen Jamie, Meg Bateman, Jackie Kay, Liz Lochhead and many more – this collection celebrates the exceptional power and range of Scottish women poets. ‘It is a crucial anthology, exciting and dynamic. It feels revolutionary.’ Sunday Herald ‘This is an ambitious and brilliant collection that both illuminates the female component of a scene dominated by men and establishes a tradition through them that further illuminates their work. It is . . . a celebration of women whose reputations have grown steadily, as well as an indication of a broader confidence across Scottish writing.’ Libby Brooks, Guardian
Download or read book The Scottish Educational Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Narrative Social Myth and Reality in Contemporary Scottish and Irish Women s Writing written by Tudor Balinisteanu and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-02 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an original interdisciplinary analysis of the relations between myth, identity and social reality, involving elements of narratology theory, linguistics, philosophy, anthropology and social theory, harnessed to support an argument firmly located in the area of literary criticism. This analysis yields a fairly extensive reinterpretation of the concept of myth, which is applied to the examination of the relationship between narrative and social reality as represented in texts by contemporary Scottish and Irish women writers. The main theoretical sources are Mikhail Bakhtin’s theories of heteroglossia, Jacques Derrida’s theories of citationality and Judith Butler’s theories of subjectivity. The analysis framework developed in the book uses these theories to create a new way of understanding how literary texts change readers’ worldviews by enticing them to accept alternative possibilities of cultural expression of identity and social order. The texts analysed in this book reconfigure naturalised stories that have become normative and constraining in conveying identities and visions of legitimate social orders. The book’s focus on feminine identities places it alongside feminist analyses of reconstructions of fairy tales, myths or canonical stories that establish what counts as legitimate feminine identity. Studied here for the first time together, the writers whose texts form the interest of this book continue the revisionist work begun by other women writers who engage with the male generated literary, philosophical and humanist tradition. They share a view of narratives as tools for continually negotiating our identities, social worlds and socialisation scenarios. While the high-level theoretical discourse of the first part of the book requires specialised knowledge, the second part of the book, offering close readings of the texts, is both lively and accessible and should engage the interest of the general reader and academic alike. This book is written for all those who are interested in the power words have to hold sway over our inner and outer (social) worlds.
Download or read book The Gazetteer of Scotland With Plates and Maps written by William Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Wilson s Historical Traditionary and Imaginative Tales of the Borders and of Scotland with an illustrative glossary by Captain Thomas Brown With a portrait written by John Mackay WILSON and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters from Europe the journal of a tour through Ireland England Scotland France Italy and Switzerland in 1825 26 and 27 written by Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scotland written by David Martin-Jones and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-18 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotland: Global Cinema focuses on the explosion of filmmaking in Scotland in the 1990s and 2000s. It explores the various cinematic fantasies of Scotland created by contemporary filmmakers from all over the world who braved the weather to shoot in Scotla
Download or read book The Magic of Scotland 70 Scottish Historical Novels Adventure Classics Romance Novels written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-13 with total page 15244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook collection has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Robert Louis Stevenson: Kidnapped Catriona Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale Weir of Hermiston Walter Scott: Waverley Guy Mannering The Antiquary Rob Roy Ivanhoe Kenilworth The Pirate The Fortunes of Nigel Peveril of the Peak Quentin Durward St. Ronan's Well Redgauntlet Woodstock The Fair Maid of Perth Anne of Geierstein Old Mortality The Black Dwarf The Heart of Midlothian The Bride of Lammermoor A Legend of Montrose Count Robert of Paris Castle Dangerous The Monastery The Abbot The Betrothed The Talisman John Buchan: The Thirty-Nine Steps The Three Hostages Huntingtower Castle Gay The Power-House John Macnab Sir Quixote of the Moors John Burnet of Barns A Lost Lady of Old Years The Half-Hearted Salute to Adventurers Midwinter Witch Wood The Free Fishers Anna Buchan: Olivia in India The Setons Penny Plain Ann and Her Mother Pink Sugar The Proper Place The Day of Small Things Priorsford Taken by the Hand Jane's Parlour The House That Is Our Own George MacDonald: David Elginbrod Alec Forbes of Howglen Robert Falconer Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood What's Mine's Mine The Elect Lady Heather and Snow Salted with Fire Malcolm The Marquis of Lossie Sir Gibbie Donal Grant J. M. Barrie: Auld Licht Idylls A Window in Thrums The Little Minister Sentimental Tommy Tommy and Grizel
Download or read book The Laird of Norlaw A Scottish Story written by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The house of Norlaw stands upon the slope of a low hill, under shelter of the three mystic Eildons, and not very far from that little ancient town which, in the language of the author of “Waverley,” is called Kennaquhair. A low, peaceable, fertile slope, bearing trees to its top-most height, and corn on its shoulders, with a little river running by its base, which manages, after many circuits, to wind its way into Tweed. The house, which is built low upon the hill, is two stories in front, but, owing to the unequal level, only one behind. The garden is all at the back, where the ground is sheltered, but in front, the green, natural surface of the hill descends softly to the water without any thing to break its verdure. There are clumps of trees on each side, straying as nature planted them, but nothing adorns the sloping lawn, which is not called a lawn, nor used for any purposes of ornament by the household of Norlaw. Close by, at the right hand of this homely house, stands an extraordinary foil to its serenity and peacefulness. The old castle of Norlaw, gaunt and bare, and windowless, not a towered and battlemented pile, but a straight, square, savage mass of masonry, with windows pierced high up in its walls in even rows, like a prison, and the gray stone-work below, as high under the first range of windows as the roof of the modern house, rising up blank, like a rock, without the slightest break or opening. To see this strange old ruin, in the very heart of the peaceful country, without a feature of nature to correspond with its sullen strength, nor a circumstance to suggest the times and the danger which made that necessary, is the strangest thing in the world; all the more that the ground has no special capacities for defense, and that the castle is not a picturesque baronial accumulation of turrets and battlements, but a big, austere, fortified dwelling-house, which modern engineering could make an end of in half a day. It showed, however, if it did nothing better, that the Livingstones were knights and gentlemen, in the day when the Border was an unquiet habitation—and for this, if for nothing else, was held in no little honor by the yeoman Livingstone, direct descendant of the Sir Rodericks and Sir Anthonys, who farmed the remains of his paternal property, and dwelt in the modern house of Norlaw.
Download or read book The Laird of Norlaw A Scottish Story written by Mrs. Oliphant and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Laird of Norlaw is an 1859 fiction by Mrs. Oliphant, and its plot revolves around a large estate owner in Scotland. The excellent use of imagery in the book, the elevated writing style, the incredibly depicted characters, and an absorbing plot contributes to its success. Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (1828-1897) was a Scottish novelist and historical writer who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. Her fictional works circle domestic realism, historical account, and supernatural stories. Excerpt from The Laird of Norlaw "A low, peaceable, fertile slope, bearing trees to its top-most height, and corn on its shoulders, with a little river running by its base, which manages, after many circuits, to wind its way into Tweed. The house, which is built low upon the hill, is two stories in front, but, owing to the unequal level, only one behind. The garden is all at the back, where the ground is sheltered, but in front, the green, natural surface of the hill descends softly to the water without any thing to break its verdure."
Download or read book Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland written by Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland) and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of Scottish Highlands Moors 70 Historical Novels Adventure Classics Victorian Romances written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-17 with total page 15246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Tales of Scottish Highlands & Moors 70+ Historical Novels, Adventure Classics & Victorian Romances', the reader is transported to the rugged landscapes and turbulent times of Scotland through a collection that showcases a striking diversity in literary styles, from the swashbuckling adventures to the delicate intricacies of Victorian romance. This anthology stands out for its ability to envelop the reader in the rich historical and cultural tapestry of Scotland, capturing the essence of its moors and highlands through literary forms that range from the epic to the intimate. The collection triumphantly demonstrates the breadth of storytelling prowess, including standout contributions that illuminate the folkloric tradition and the chivalric ethos that characterize the Scottish literary canon. The contributing authorsRobert Louis Stevenson, John Buchan, George MacDonald, Walter Scott, J. M. Barrieare luminaries of Scottish literature, whose collective works provide a panoramic view of Scottish life and legend. Their backgrounds, steeped in the rich lore and history of Scotland, bring authenticity and depth to the anthology. These authors' works collectively align with and contribute to key literary movements, such as Romanticism and the Kailyard school, offering readers not just stories but a multidimensional perspective on Scottish identity and history. This anthology is an indispensable addition to the library of anyone who cherishes literary diversity and historical depth. It invites readers to traverse the highlands and moors through tales that are as varied as they are engaging, offering a unique opportunity to delve into the heart of Scottish lore and tradition. Through its pages, the collection fosters a dialogue between past and present, making it a profound educational journey as well as a celebration of Scotland's literary heritage. For enthusiasts of historical novels, adventure classics, and Victorian romance, this collection promises a rich, immersive experience that epitomizes the spirit and splendor of Scottish literature.
