A Companion to Medieval Scottish Poetry [Paperback]

The poetry written in Scotland between the late fourteenth and the early years of the sixteenth century is exceptionally rich and varied. The contributions collected here, by leading specialists in the field, provide a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the material. There are introductions to the literary culture of late medieval Scotland and its historical context; separate studies of the writings of James I, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, and Sir David Lyndsay; and essays devoted to general themes or genres, including the historiographical tradition, religious verse, romances, and the legendary history of Alexander the Great. A final chapter provides bibliographical guidance on the major advances in the criticism and scholarly study of this poetry during the last thirty years. Contributors: PRISCILLA BAWCUTT, JULIA BOFFEY, JOHN BURROW, ELIZABETH EWAN, R. JAMES GOLDSTEIN, DOUGLAS GRAY, JANET HADLEY WILLIAMS, R. J. LYALL, ANNE MCKIMM, JOANNA MARTIN, RHIANNON PURDIE, NICOLA ROYAN.A full survey and overview of the extraordinary flowering of Scottish poetry in the middle ages.Introduction: Poets `of this Natioun' - Priscilla Bawcutt and Janet Hadley WilliamsLate Medieval Scotland: a Study in Contrasts -`I will my proces hald': Making Sense of Scottish Lives and the Desire for History in Barbour, Wyntoun and Blind Hary - R James Goldstein`Mark your Meroure be Me': Richard Holland's Buke of the Howlat - Nicola RoyanThe Kingis Quair and other poems of Bodleian Library MS Arch. Selden. B. 24 - Julia Boffey`Of Wisdome and of Guide Governance': Sir Gilbert Hay and The Buik of King Alexander the Conquerour - Joanna MartinHenryson's Morall Fabillis: Structure and Meaning - Roderick J LyallOrpheus and Eurydice and The Testament of Cresseid: Robert Henryson's `fine poetical way' - Anne McKimReligious Verse in Medieval Scotland - Priscilla BawcuttWilliam Dunbar - John A. BurrowGavin Douglas - Douglas GrayMedieval Romance in Scotland -Sir David Lyndsay - Janeló¼