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A scholarly edition of poems by William Dunbar. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.Tags
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Pretty obscure, and written in medieval Scots - Lament for the Makaris is a great poem.
Pp. 157-160 missing and supplied in photocopy.
See comments on the Bawcutt edition.
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- Original publication date
- 1958
- People/Characters
- William Dunbar
- Important places
- Scotland, UK
- First words
- INTRODUCTION
Dunbar was a court makar. His poetic inheritance was the courtly tradition of medieval France and England; his professional concern was with the personalities and humours of the court of James IV, King of Scot... (show all)s.
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- Languages
- English, German, Scots
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 17
- ASINs
- 9
