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The Queen´s Wake: A Legendary Poem
James Hogg
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Description for The Queen´s Wake: A Legendary Poem
Hardback. The Queen's Wake is one of the landmarks of British Romantic poetry. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 584 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1026.
The Queen's Wake is one of the landmarks of British Romantic poetry. It focuses on the return of Mary, Queen of Scots to Scotland in 1561 to take personal rule of her kingdom after her years in France. In the poem poets and bards hold a poetic competition (a 'wake') in Holyrood Palace to welcome the Queen home. In the descriptions of the songs and the people who sing them various Scottish poets of Hogg's own period can be recognised, giving the reader a sense of the condition of poetry in Hogg's Scotland. Another key concern of ... Read more
The Queen's Wake is one of the landmarks of British Romantic poetry. It focuses on the return of Mary, Queen of Scots to Scotland in 1561 to take personal rule of her kingdom after her years in France. In the poem poets and bards hold a poetic competition (a 'wake') in Holyrood Palace to welcome the Queen home. In the descriptions of the songs and the people who sing them various Scottish poets of Hogg's own period can be recognised, giving the reader a sense of the condition of poetry in Hogg's Scotland. Another key concern of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
584
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Series
The Collected Works of James Hogg
Condition
New
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748616176
SKU
V9780748616176
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About James Hogg
The late Douglas S. Mack was formerly Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Stirling. Meiko O'Halloran is a Lecturer in English Literature at Newcastle University. She contributed an essay to the Stirling/South Carolina Edition volume of The Queen's Wake, and is currently preparing a monograph called Hogg's Kaleidoscopic Art. Janette Currie is MHRA Research Fellow in ... Read more
Reviews for The Queen´s Wake: A Legendary Poem
The illustrations and accompanying article adds to the richness and the multifaceted nature of this edition. Offers students and literary scholars an assortment of material through which to approach the complexity of Hogg's marvellous poem.
Sharon Alker Scotia It perhaps goes without saying that the Stirling / South Carolina Research Edition of the works of Hogg has been a ... Read more
Sharon Alker Scotia It perhaps goes without saying that the Stirling / South Carolina Research Edition of the works of Hogg has been a ... Read more