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The Gaelic Vision in Scottish Culture

1978

The very objects of study, the Highland ers themselves, have long been conscious of their place in our history, and in acting with such knowledge further tangle the relationship of the present to the past, of fact to fiction, and of 'reality' to the mere 'printed word'. [...] We can mention here the cam paigns of Montrose in the civil wars of the seventeenth century, the campaign of Claverhouse that culminated in the battle of Killiecrankie in 1689, or the risings provoked by the exiled Stuart monarchy in 1715 and 1745. [...] This military prowess did nothing, however, to effect any reversal in the fortunes of the Gaelic language, which was probably widely regarded by non-speakers who knew of its existence with the same contempt as that expressed in the Statutes of Iona2 of 1609, where it is described as 'one of the chief and principall causis of the continewance of barbaritie and incivilitie amongis the inhabitantis o [...] Evening classes in Gaelic are popular and well attended throughout the Lowlands, and (Gaelic publication is in a stronger position than it has ever been, in spite of the continuing steady decline in the number of native speakers.3 John Prebble says of the Scottish Gaels: 'The Scots of Dalriada gave the land its name and its kings, the spirit of its history and the substance of its dreams, but thei [...] The image of the Gaelic world as the ever-departing spiritual sub stance of Scottish life is very compelling, and while we might wonder about the 'spirit of history' and the location and status of the dreams of a nation, and question the inevitability of fate when it asks for the dis appearance of the Gaelic language, Prebble's imagery here is of a type that we find again and again in discussion
civilization folklore scotland language and culture scottish gaelic poetry civilization, celtic, in literature history and criticism

Authors

Malcolm Chapman

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index
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Dewey Decimal Classification Number
941.11
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
18
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Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
General Note
Based on the author's thesis (B.Litt)--University of Oxford, 1977 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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e-uk-st
ISBN
9780773505063 9780773594173
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PB1607
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C4 1978eb
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1 electronic text (264 pages)
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Ottawa, Ontario
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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(CaBNVSL)thg00913026 (OCoLC)887636457 (CaOOCEL)448344
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
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