James Watson's Choice collection of comic and serious Scots poems - Softcover

James Watson's Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good Plus/Near Fine. New Edition. 1977 & 1991, 2 volume set. PP xiv, 147, viii, 119, [iv],120, [2]; lxi, 319. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spines. Excellent condition with no inscriptions. The first volume is a facsimile reprint of the 1869 reprint of the first edition. The second volume contains extensive notes on all aspects of the poems. The Scottish Text Society 4th series, volumes 10 & 20. PLEASE NOTE - Heavyish set so may require a little extra postage for non-UK customers. James Watson's Choice Collection is the first known printed collection of Older Scots verse and as such a milestone in Scottish literary history This eclectic mixture of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century pieces along with some earlier works, has examples from many key genres in Scottish literary history, such as the beast poem, the mock testament, the elegy, the "peasant brawl" poem, and the drinking song. Harriet Harvey Wood's commentary provides considered textual analysis of all the pieces in a fascinating collection which suggests links both back to Dunbar and Lyndsay, and forward to Burns and Garioch. Artikel-Nr. ScotPoetAnth43

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