The literature of the highlanders

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Author

MacNeill, Nigel, 1853-1910

Title

The literature of the Highlanders : a history of Gaelic literature from the earliest times to the present day

Original Publication

Inverness: John Noble, 1892.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PB: Language and Literatures: General works

Subject

Scottish Gaelic literature -- History and criticism

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74510

Release Date

October 3, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE LITERATURE OF THE HIGHLANDERS.
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.CONTENTS.
7. 7.INTRODUCTION.
8. 8.CHAPTER I. EARLY GAELIC LITERATURE—PATRICK.
9. 9.CHAPTER II. SOUTH ALBIN GAELS—BRIGIT.
10. 10.CHAPTER III. NORTH ALBIN GAELS—COLUMBA.
11. 11.CHAPTER IV. LATIN HYMNS OF THE CELTIC CHURCH.
12. 12.CHAPTER V. ANCIENT BALLADS. — THE GENUINE GAELIC BALLADS. — THE COCHULIN BALLADS. — THE DEIRDRI BALLADS. — THE FINIAN BALLADS. — THE NORSE BALLADS.
13. 13.CHAPTER VI. PROSE ROMANCES. — MAOL A’ CHLIOBAIN. — IRISH VERSIONS.
14. 14.CHAPTER VII. MEDIEVAL BARDS.
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. JACOBITE BARDS. — ALEXANDER MACDONALD.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. MACPHERSON’S OSSIAN. — THE OSSIANIC QUESTION.
17. 17.CHAPTER X. OLD LAYS. — JEROME STONE, — JOHN SMITH, D.D. — JOHN CLARK,
18. 18.CHAPTER XI. GENERAL LITERATURE.
19. 19.CHAPTER XII. SACRED BARDS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. — DAVID MACKELLAR. — JOHN MACKAY. — DONALD MATHESON. — LAUCHLAN MACLAUCHLAN. — DUGALD BUCHANAN.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. BARDS OF THE ANGLO-GAELIC ERA. — ROBERT MACKAY. — DUNCAN MACINTYRE. — WILLIAM ROSS. — EWEN MACLACHLAN. — JOHN MACLEAN.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. POPULAR SONGS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XV. BARDS OF THE CELTIC RENAISSANCE. — EVAN MACCOLL. — JAMES MUNRO. — JOHN MACLACHLAN. — ANGUS MACDONALD. — MARY MACKELLAR. — DUGALD MACPHAIL. — WILLIAM LIVINGSTON. — NEIL MACLEOD. — REV. DONALD MACCALLUM. — DR JOHN MACGREGOR. — MARY MACPHERSON.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. SACRED BARDS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. — WILLIAM MACKENZIE. — DONALD MACRAE. — MARY CLARK. — MARGARET CAMPBELL. — REV. PETER GRANT. — REV. JAMES MACGREGOR, D.D. — REV. JOHN MACDONALD, D.D. — REV. DUNCAN MACDOUGALL. — JOHN MORRISON. — REV. DUNCAN MACCALLUM. — REV. DUNCAN MACLEAN. — MINOR RELIGIOUS POETS. — COLLECTIONS OF RELIGIOUS POETRY. — SCRIPTURE PARAPHRASES. — THE PSALTER.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. THE GAELIC REVIVAL. — THE GAELIC BIBLE. — TRANSLATIONS INTO GAELIC. — TRANSLATIONS INTO ENGLISH. — GRAMMARS AND DICTIONARIES. — PROSE WRITERS. — PERIODICALS. — HIGHLAND SOCIETIES. — A GAELIC LAND-LAW REFORM MANIFESTO. — HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY.
25. 25.INDEX.
26. 26.Untitled
27. 27.Untitled

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