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The Bush Aboon Traquair and the Royal Jubilee
James Hogg
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Description for The Bush Aboon Traquair and the Royal Jubilee
Hardback. Two of James Hogg's pastoral dramas with songs, presented here with full explanatory notes and glossary. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 208 pages, music. BIC Classification: DD; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
The Bush aboon Traquair, like Allan Ramsay's The Gentle Shepherd, is a pastoral drama with songs, and in this play Hogg celebrates the life of the people of his native community in Ettrick Forest. At times earthy and at times hilarious, The Bush focuses on rural courtship, and it derives part of its energy from its presentation of a contrast between the old ways and an emerging (but not always admirable) modernity. Here, as elsewhere in Hogg's writings, the shepherds and ewe-milkers of Ettrick Forest operate in a pastoral world that is noticeably realistic and convincing. They pursue their love ... Read more
The Bush aboon Traquair, like Allan Ramsay's The Gentle Shepherd, is a pastoral drama with songs, and in this play Hogg celebrates the life of the people of his native community in Ettrick Forest. At times earthy and at times hilarious, The Bush focuses on rural courtship, and it derives part of its energy from its presentation of a contrast between the old ways and an emerging (but not always admirable) modernity. Here, as elsewhere in Hogg's writings, the shepherds and ewe-milkers of Ettrick Forest operate in a pastoral world that is noticeably realistic and convincing. They pursue their love ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
The Collected Works of James Hogg
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748634521
SKU
V9780748634521
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About James Hogg
The late Douglas S. Mack was formerly Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Stirling.
Reviews for The Bush Aboon Traquair and the Royal Jubilee
The excellent edition of The Bush aboon Traquair and The Royal Jubilee, edited by Douglas S. Mack, contains two versions of Hogg's lifely pastoral drama, with songs, as well as his masque, written as part of the welcoming celebrations for George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822.
Deirdre A. Shepherd, University of Edinburgh BARS Bulletin and Review The excellent ... Read more
Deirdre A. Shepherd, University of Edinburgh BARS Bulletin and Review The excellent ... Read more