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| Class Materials: Timeline for Scottish history from pre-historic times through 18th century Timeline for Scottish history 1746-1960s Information on Scottish Gaelic Features of poetry: metrics and prosody Robert Burns, Poems Thomas Carlyle, essays, The Negro Question David Hume, Adam Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment Susan Ferrier, Marriage Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song 1 , Sunset Song 2 Christopher Grieves (Hugh MacDiarmid), Rachel Annand Taylor, Naomi Mitchinson, Bessie MacArthur and other modernist poets Neil Gunn,"The Tax Gatherer" Violet Jacob, "The Debatable Land" Dr. Johnson, Journey to the Western Islands, James Boswell, Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides James Hogg, Private Memoirs and Confessions, editor's narrative, Private Memoirs and Confessions, justified sinner's manuscript Margaret Oliphant, "The Library Window" , "The Wedding Tour" , "The Open Door" Robert Owen, A New View of Society Walter Scott, Heart of Midlothian, Heart of Midlothian, end "The Two Drovers" , Waverley, first part , Waverley, middle, Waverley, end Robert Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr Jekyll, alternate , The Master of Ballantrae Christian Watt, diaries, first part Robert Wedderburn, The Horrors of Slavery Ordinary Life poets: Janet Hamilton, Jane Stevenson, Marion Bernstein, Mary McPherson, Elizabeth Campbell, Ellen Johnston Short Stories: traditional, Hogg, "The Cameronian Preacher," Galt, "The Howdie," Stevenson, "Thrawn Janet," "A Lodging for the Night"
Information about Authors (Dictionary of Literary Biography, Gale Research.) These links will provide students with basic biographical information. Access is limited to University of Iowa students and staff. Off-campus users may have difficulty accessing this information. Helen Carmichael Violet Jacob Lady Caroline Nairn
This page provides a timeline of Scottish history from 7000 B.C. to September 1997. The page received the NBNews Editor's Choice Award (Educational) in August of 1997. It is part of author-medieval historian Robert M. Gunn's (Skyelander's) larger site, Scottish Highlands and Islands History website. This larger site includes information on Scottish history, Medieval History, Celtic History, Scottish battles, and Wars of England and Scotland. Legends -- Ballads and Broadsides This page provides access to ballad resources on the Net, contents listings of ballad collections, and includes information on Border Ballads, Child Ballads, and Fairy Ballads. The Legends website is devoted to "exploring the history, literature, and lore surrounding Robin Hood, King Arthur, Pirates & Privateers, and other swashbuckling characters of balladry, fiction, and film, from The Queen of Elfland to Zorro." "Each author has his/her own home page which directs the user to Internet resources which have been researched and deemed quality sites by the Scottish Library Association. The content includes author biographies, E-texts, places of interest related to the authors, and National Library of Scotland holdings. In cases where no Internet resources are available, the relevant excerpt from Discovering Scottish Writers will make up the home page."
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URL: http://twist.lib.uiowa.edu/scot/resources.html