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Daiches David
A Traveller's Companion to Edinburgh (Traveller's Companion To...)
 List Price: Price: $16.95 DescriptionDavid Daiches presents a vivid kaleidoscope of impressions of Edinburgh that splendidly recreate the spirit of the place. This anthology of extracts from letters, memoirs, diaries, novels and biographies of interesting visitors and inhabitants, including the writings of Scott, Boswell, Cockburn, John Knox and many others, recreates for today's visitors the drama, the history, and the life of the city in buildings and places that can still be visited. The daring Scottish recapture of the Castle from the English in 1313; the confrontation between Calvinist John Knox and Catholic Mary Queen of Scots in Holyroodhouse; an eye-witness account of the execution of Montrose at the Mercat Cross in 1650; Daniel Defoe's account of street riots in 1706 protesting against Scotland's imminent Union with England; Thomas Carlyle walking on Princes Street and Dr. Johnson on the High Street; reeking slop-pails in the wynds and polite manners in the ballrooms...
David Daiches: A Celebration of His Life And Work (Critical Inventions)
 List Price: Price: $67.50 DescriptionDavid Daiches (1912-2005) was the first Professor of English at the University of Sussex. His distinguished career over more than half a century encompassed Universities on both sides of the Atlantic. His publications were prolific, extending to over one hundred books, three hundred articles, media and television, plus recordings. This "Celebration of His Life and Work" will include essays on his literary achievements in the areas of Scottish Literature, the Novel, Poetry and New/Historical Criticism and the American connection, and the academic as populariser, by distinguished scholars and critics. The book will appeal to historians of twentieth century literary and cultural criticism, the History of twentieth-century Universities, students of Scottish and American Literature, and the relationship between the academic and journalism in the twentieth century.
The New Companion to Scottish Culture (General)
List Price: $20.00 DescriptionVisitors' preconceptions of Scotland tend to embrace the stereotypes and ignore the rest. You know all about the three "H"'s--highlands, heather, and haggis--plus bagpipes and kilts, whisky and beer, cobblestones, sheep, and unreliable weather. The more enlightened have heard (maybe even are going to) the Edinburgh Arts Festival. The pity is, it's not hard to go, have a wonderful time, and come back without knowing any more.David Daiches's Companion to Scottish Culture, however, will change Scotland for you forever. An A to Z of everything Scottish, it's a brilliant resource on an exceptional place, covering movements, individuals, and institutions through Scottish history, including the flowering of art, music, and literature that's taken place in the last decade. With a superb 3,500-entry index that runs from Aberdeen to Woolen Industries, the book contains over 400 articles on children's street games, portrait painting, and eating habits, great industrialists, football, and the Scottish Enlightenment. Destined to grace the shelves of schools and Scottish households, it's a treasure trove for travelers, too. How nice to arrive, confident in the knowledge of just who Robert the Bruce was, who are (and were) the best Scottish fiddlers, and why children go about during Hallowe'en saying "please to help the guisers and I'll sing ye a bonnie wee sang." --Stephanie Gold D DirectoryForeign exchange news and charts. Find all FOREX data online.
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