A Companion to Medieval Scottish Poetry
- Author / Editor
- Bawcutt, Priscilla, and Janet Hadley Williams, eds.
A Companion to Medieval Scottish Poetry
- Published
- Woodbridge, Suffolk; and Rochester, N.Y. : D. S. Brewer, 2006.
- Physical Description
- [x], 229 pp.
- Description
- Thirteen essays by various authors and an introduction by the editors. Topics include studies of individual poets and poems (Henryson, Dunbar, Douglas, Lyndsay, Richard Holland's "Buke of Howlat," Gilbert Hay's "Buik of King Alexander the Conqueror"); the Selden manuscript (including works by Chaucer); historical writing; romance; and literary contexts. Includes a "Guide to Further Reading," an index of manuscript references, and a general index. References to Chaucer recur throughout, addressing his influence on individual works and on broader traditions.
- Contributor
- Hadley Williams, Janet, ed.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.