{"product_id":"9780862414771","title":"Scottish Ballads","description":"\u003cp\u003eScotland's ballads represent one of the high-water marks of Scottish literature and are famous as superb expressions of oral culture, reflecting a world of magic, deep passion and history transformed into legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis selection includes more than eighty of the finest ballads, together with an introduction, notes and glosses. The versions come from the last three centuries-from the time of Burns and Scott, who were among the earliest collectors, up to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the ballads are anonymous in a way, the singers themselves determine the versions we have, by a process of selection, interpretation and refashioning. Wherever possible, this edition includes the names of the singers, many of whom were women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn internationally recognised ballad scholar, Emily Lyle is a research fellow at the School of Scottish Studies in the University of Edinburgh, and is general editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Grieg-Duncan Folk song Collection\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018645750000,"sku":"9780862414771","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780862414771_p0.jpg?v=1763826750","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780862414771","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}