The Functionality of Lyric in Sixteenth-Century Scotland
A remarkable fact in the literary history of early modern Scotland is the sudden efflorescence of the lyric.¹ Whereas in England numerous vernacular lyrics survive from the three centuries between 1200 and 1500 (to say nothing of compositions in Anglo-Saxon which might be claimed as belonging to the...
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| Published in | Controversial Poetry 1400–1625 p. 286 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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12.05.2020
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| Summary: | A remarkable fact in the literary history of early modern Scotland is the sudden efflorescence of the lyric.¹ Whereas in England numerous vernacular lyrics survive from the three centuries between 1200 and 1500 (to say nothing of compositions in Anglo-Saxon which might be claimed as belonging to the genre), from Scotland there is almost nothing equivalent,² save for sporadic and brief quotations from poems encountered in historical works,³ or else whole stanzas which, though part of longer poems, have, or can be alleged to have, a certain detachability from their narrative or descriptive environments.⁴ It is, of course, always dangerous |
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| ISBN: | 9004291903 9789004291904 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/j.ctv2gjwz01.17 |