Clan-Albin: A National TaleAssociation for Scottish Literary Studies, 2003 - 598 páginas "Christian Isobel Johnstone, called "the bravehearted lady" by Thomas Carlyle, was editor for more than a decade of Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, a journal famous for its vigorous liberal viewpoints and incisive literary reviews. In 1815 Johnstone also became the author of one of the most extraordinary novels of the Romantic era, Clan-Albin. The story is centered around the childhood and adolescence of its orphan hero, Norman Macalbin, who leaves the poverty of the Highlands to volunteer for the army and journey in Ireland and Spain: but throughout the novel it is the voices of the strong female characters - Lady Augusta, Monimia, Flora and others - that we hear most clearly. These bring to us Johnstone's lament for the loss of Highland culture and scorn for the emergent southern mercantile classes, and portray war as a terrible tragedy whose glorification is unforgivable. Written in the year of Waterloo, Clan-Albin is a unique Scottish novel by an outstanding and neglected female voice."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... fair was held , and which was regarded as the most centrical point in a district of nearly fifty miles in circum- ference . Monimia attended at this fair , that her presence might encourage the rude manufacture she had endeavoured to ...
... fair was held , and which was regarded as the most centrical point in a district of nearly fifty miles in circum- ference . Monimia attended at this fair , that her presence might encourage the rude manufacture she had endeavoured to ...
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... fair , and was rejoiced to hear that if the goods were of equal quality , they could not fail to find purchasers , and even an increasing demand , while they were afforded at so cheap a rate . Norman having gallantly presented his fair ...
... fair , and was rejoiced to hear that if the goods were of equal quality , they could not fail to find purchasers , and even an increasing demand , while they were afforded at so cheap a rate . Norman having gallantly presented his fair ...
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... Fair ' : " Ballad of Fairly Fair " , presumably taken from Thomas Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry ( 1765 ) . a piece : it should read : An apron sett with mony a dice Of neidle - wark sae rare , Wove by nae hand , as ye may ...
... Fair ' : " Ballad of Fairly Fair " , presumably taken from Thomas Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry ( 1765 ) . a piece : it should read : An apron sett with mony a dice Of neidle - wark sae rare , Wove by nae hand , as ye may ...
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affection appeared arms attended beautiful become believe bless blood bosom called Chapter character child Colonel Craig-gillian cried dear delight Drummond Eleenalin entered eyes face fair fancy father fear feelings felt Flora followed formed fortune gave girl give Glanville glen Gordon half hand happy head hear heard heart Hector Highland honour hope hour Hugh interest kind knew Lady Augusta Leary leave letter lines live looked Lord Macalbin manner Mary means mind Miss Monimia Montague Moome morning mother mountains nature never night Norman officers once party person Piper pleasure poor present replied returned round seemed seen Sir Archibald smiling soldier soon soul spirit stranger suffering sure sweet tears tell tender thing thought took turned voice wandering whole wife wild wish woman young