Transactions Of The Gaelic Society Of Inverness Volume Xx 1894 96

Author : Gaelic Society of Inverness
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333865900
Total Pages : 382 pages
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Download or read book Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol. 20 written by Gaelic Society of Inverness and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol. 20: 1894-96 While Gaelic literary activity has been great within the Highland Borders for the last two years, an outside interest of a remarkable kind in Celtic literature has Sprung up. This move ment, taken in connection with the activity of the London Irish Literary Society, has been called the Celtic Renaissance its leading figures are - Mr William Sharp, Professor Patrick Geddes, and Fiona Macleod, whoever that enigmatical personage may be. Mr Sharp and his wife edited a Lyra Celtica, an anthology of all Celtic poetry; and the former edited a centenary edition of Ossian - James Macpherson died in 1796. Miss Fiona Macleod has written several books, purporting to be, or to be founded on, traditional stories of the Gael; but unfortunately her method is Macpherson's over again in regard to the history, customs, and beliefs of the people, and her Gaelic, when her own, is of the like manufactured quality. Mr Neil Munro published a volume of traditional and descriptive stories, entitled the Lost Pibroch, where he attempts, with no little success, to do for the Highlands what Mr quiller-couch has been doing for Cornwall. Another outsider, one, however, who disclaims all connection with - and is, indeed, the severe critic of - the Celtic Renaissance, published this spring a work that has caused a sensation both in the Highlands and everywhere else. This was Mr Lang's work, entitled Pickle the Spy, in which he strives to prove that the spy who reported on the doings of Prince Charlie about the years 1752-54, under the title of Pickle and J eanson, was none other than young Macdonell of Glengarry. How far Mr Lang has made good his contention it seems at present premature to say. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.