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The Gude and Godlie Ballatis

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By (author): Alasdair A. Macdonald

New edition of a collection of songs and ballads from sixteenth-century Scotland, shedding important new light on the English and Scottish Reformation. The Gude and Godlie Ballatis is a collection of religious lyrics from the early years of the Scottish Reformation. It was a highly popular, if controversial, volume, was often reprinted, and is considered one of the most important literary works of vernacular Scots from the period. It contains translations of a number of Psalms, but most of the contents consist of shorter songs and ballads, many of which have been adapted from a secular to a spiritual use. The previous edition of the collection dates from 1897. The new edition not only revises the information given there, but presents the text of the earliest print (1565), which was unknown to the previous editor. The textual development of the collection through the various printings is studied, and is related to the changing historical, political, literary, cultural and theological contexts of Reformation Scotland. The editor addresses questions of authorship, transmission, source material, and the use and significance of these lyrics. Drawing on recent work in book history and English psalmody, as well as a deep knowledge of Older Scots lyric, he demonstrates the close connections between the collection and Continental hymnody, as well as interactions with English and Scots lyric, both sacred and profane. Alasdair A. MacDonald is Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literatureof the Middle Ages, University of Groningen. See more
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  • Weight: 1g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 17 Sep 2015
  • Publisher: Scottish Text Society
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781897976418

About Alasdair A. Macdonald

Alasdair A. MacDonald is emeritus Professor of English University of Groningen and Honorary Senior Research Fellow University of Glasgow. He has published widely on medieval and early modern Scottish and English literature and culture.

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