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What happened to the copies of Alasdair’s poetry collection “The Resurrection of the Old Scottish Language"?

  • They were well-received

  • They were rounded up and burned by the public hangman

  • They were preserved in the Royal Library

  • They were sold out immediately

Answer

Indeed, the copies of Alasdair's poetry collection met a tragic fate. In a public display of hostility towards the work, the authorities gathered them all together and consigned them to the flames, effectively erasing the physical presence of the collection in a dramatic and symbolic act of censorship.
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