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The Buke of the Howlat by Richard Holland (Scottish Text Society Fifth Series)
R Hanna
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Description for The Buke of the Howlat by Richard Holland (Scottish Text Society Fifth Series)
Hardcover. Critical edition of an important Scottish poem, highlighting its striking poetic features. Editor(s): Hanna, Ralph, III. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
Critical edition of an important Scottish poem, highlighting its striking poetic features. The Buke of the Howlat was composed in the late 1440s for Elizabeth Douglas, wife of Archibald Douglas, earl of Moray. It is one of the great monuments of fifteenth-century Scots verse, perhaps the finest example of Older Scots alliterative poetry, telling a comic fable of an owl's borrowed feathers, his pride and ultimate fall, and a bird parliament which decides his fate. At its centre is a heraldic excurses which leads to a celebration of the virtues of the Douglas family and their service to Robert ... Read more
Critical edition of an important Scottish poem, highlighting its striking poetic features. The Buke of the Howlat was composed in the late 1440s for Elizabeth Douglas, wife of Archibald Douglas, earl of Moray. It is one of the great monuments of fifteenth-century Scots verse, perhaps the finest example of Older Scots alliterative poetry, telling a comic fable of an owl's borrowed feathers, his pride and ultimate fall, and a bird parliament which decides his fate. At its centre is a heraldic excurses which leads to a celebration of the virtues of the Douglas family and their service to Robert ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Scottish Text Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781897976395
SKU
V9781897976395
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Reviews for The Buke of the Howlat by Richard Holland (Scottish Text Society Fifth Series)
Hanna has.done the scholarly community a great service indeed.
MEDIUM AEVUM
[A] superb edition.
YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES
The merit of this new edition lies in the critical engagement with earlier scholarly work, and the fresh way in which the problems are tackled. . . . [T]his edition is a valuable contribution to scholarship on ... Read more
MEDIUM AEVUM
[A] superb edition.
YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES
The merit of this new edition lies in the critical engagement with earlier scholarly work, and the fresh way in which the problems are tackled. . . . [T]his edition is a valuable contribution to scholarship on ... Read more