Chasing the deer : hunting iconography, literature and tradition of the Scottish Highlands

Hunting inspired some of the greatest songs and stories of Gaelic literature and tradition - a theme which runs from the earliest Old Irish sources down to the literature of Modern Scottish Gaelic. This thesis examines the cultural history of hunting in the Scottish Highlands stemming from the late-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiseman, Andrew E. M.
Published: University of Edinburgh 2009
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.739051