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Written in the Language of the Scottish Nation
Language: en
Pages: 218
Authors: John Corbett
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Multilingual Matters

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This text is a survey of Scots literary translations from the 15th to the 20th century. It argues that translation has played a central role in the development
The Scottish Nation
Language: en
Pages: 887
Authors: Thomas Martin Devine
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Penguin UK

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'The Scottish Nation, 1700-2007' examines the social, political, religious and economic factors that have shaped modern Scotland. Devine places Scotland firmly
The Impact of Latin Culture on Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing
Language: en
Pages: 299
Authors: Ian Johnson
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-30 - Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

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In the late medieval and early modern periods, Scottish latinity had its distinctive stamp, most intriguingly so in its effects upon the literary vernacular and
Sociolinguistic History of Scotland
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Robert McColl Millar
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-15 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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Robert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing on the histories of the speakers of Scot
A History Book for Scots
Language: en
Pages: 431
Authors: Walter Bower
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-19 - Publisher: Birlinn

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Riveting selections from a 15-century account of Scottish history, one of Scotland’s national treasures. Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in th