The Trojan Legend in Medieval Scottish Literature.
- Author / Editor
- Wingfield, Emily.
The Trojan Legend in Medieval Scottish Literature.
- Published
- Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2014.
- Physical Description
- x, 236 pp.
- Description
- Surveys the tellings and retellings of stories of Troy in western European literature, and focuses on medieval Scottish versions, situating them in the vast tradition, and clarifying their particular emphases, concerns, and impact. Comments throughout on Chaucer's influences on medieval Scottish literature, with extensive discussion of the influence of TC on Robert Henryson's "Testament of Cresseid" (chapter 5) and LGW (Dido) on Gavin Douglas' "Eneados" (chapter 6).
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
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