Kinghorn The Middle Scots Poets

Kinghorn, Alexander Manson: THE CHORUS OF HISTORY : Literary-Historical Relations in Renaissance Britain, 1485-1558 (History and Literature Series) New York, NY: Barnes and Noble, 1971

Hard Cover. 1st American Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW. Green linen boards w/gilt lettering/Fine. DJ/Fine. This book forms the 3rd Volume of a series on History and Literature of which the General Editor is R.W. Harris. Kinghorn examines various aspects of the historical period from the accession of Henry VII in 1485 to that of Elizabeth I in 1558. The 12 chapters are: 1, Introduction; 2, the Writing of History in the Early Renaissan; 3, Architecture, the Graphic Arts and Music; 4, The Influence of European Learning in England; 5, New Movements: Exploration, Science and Religious Reformation; 6, The Retreating Middle Ages: Prose and the New Bible; 7, The Changing Language: Standard English and Middle Scots; 8, James III and IV of Scotland: Henryson and Dunbar as Commentators on the Times; 9, The Poet of the Scottish Reformation: Lyndsay; 10, The Poets of Henry VIII's Court: Wyatt and Surrey; 11, Poetry and Drama as a Mirror of History; and, 12, Conclusion. Text augmented w/illustrations and plates. Fine copy.

[SW: R.W. HARRIS, ENGLISH HISTORY, LITERARY TUDOR HISTORY-PLAYSLITERARY CRITICISM 0389041173]

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