The Jacobite relics of Scotland : being the songs, airs, and legends, of the adherents of the House of Stuart

Author(s)

• Hogg, James
• Pittock, Murray

Bibliographic Information

The Jacobite relics of Scotland : being the songs, airs, and legends, of the adherents of the House of Stuart

collected and illustrated by James Hogg ; edited by Murray G.H. Pittock

（The Stirling/South Carolina research edition of the collected works of James Hogg / general editor, Douglas S. Mack, 10, 12）

Edinburgh University Press, c2002-2003

[Reprint]

• First series
• 2nd series

Note

Originally published: Edinburgh : printed for William Blackwood , 1819-1821

Vol. 1 contains a facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1819, together with new editorial material at the beginning and at the end

Vol. 1 includes bibliography (p. [499]-515)

Vol. 2 includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-555) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

2nd series ISBN 9780748615919

Description

James Hogg's Jacobite Relics - originally commissioned by the Highland Society of London in 1817 - is an important addition to The Collected Works of James Hogg. It created a canon for the Jacobite song which had an enormous influence on subsequent collections, and was of great importance in defining the relationship between the Scottish song tradition and its Romantic editors and collectors. From the first publication of the Relics in 1819, there has been speculation about how many of them were authored or at least substantially altered by Hogg. Professor Murray Pittock has conducted extensive research in this area since 1987, and has identified several previously unknown sources from which Hogg would have worked as he developed his collection. The introduction to volume two deals with the genesis of the text and Hogg's relationship with the Highland Society and there is also considerable annotation to accurately communicate the context of the songs and Hogg's relationship to the textuality of Jacobite culture.

Volume

First series ISBN 9780748615926

Description

James Hogg's Jacobite Relics - originally commissioned by the Highland Society of London in 1817 - is an important addition to The Collected Works of James Hogg. It created a canon for the Jacobite song which had an enormous influence on subsequent collections, and was of great importance in defining the relationship between the Scottish song tradition and its Romantic editors and collectors. From the first publication of the Relics in 1819 the majority of scholars have argued about how many of them were authored or at least substantially altered by Hogg. Professor Murray Pittock has conducted extensive research in this area since 1987, and has identified many previously neglected or unknown sources from which Hogg would have worked as he developed his collection. He has identified contemporary 17th- and 18th-century sources for the majority of the songs in the edition. This has implications not only for Hogg's integrity as a writer, but for our understanding of the history of the Scottish song as a whole. The introduction to volume one includes the crucial issue of Hogg's relationship to the Jacobite song tradition, and the place of the Relics within Hogg's career and personal context, facilitating further interpretations of Hogg's range of creative strategies. Considerable annotation accurately communicates the context of the songs and Hogg's relationship to the textuality of Jacobite culture. The introduction to volume two deals with the genesis of the text and Hogg's relationship with the Highland Society. This volume will be available from November 2002.

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Details

• NCID: BA58700180
• ISBN:
  • 074861592X
  • 0748615911
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Edinburgh
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA25224883