By Poetic Authority The Rhetoric of Panegyric in Gaelic Poetry of Scotland to C. 1700 |
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| Author:
| Coira, M. Pia |
| ISBN: | 978-1-903544-38-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Publisher: | Dunedin Academic Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $90.00 |
Book Description:
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A survey of medieval and early modern Scottish Gaelic poetry which studies the fixed set of literary conventions by which the court poets gave sanction to their patrons' leadership, an essential task which served to preserve the cohesion of society.
A survey of medieval and early modern Scottish Gaelic poetry which studies the fixed set of literary conventions by which the court poets gave sanction to their patrons' leadership, an essential task which served to preserve the cohesion of society.