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portada The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Tale (The Collected Works of James Hogg) (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2005
Language
English
Pages
470
Format
Paperback
Weight
2
ISBN
0748620885
ISBN13
9780748620883
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The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Tale (The Collected Works of James Hogg) (in English)

James Hogg (Author) · Edinburgh University Press · Paperback

The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Tale (The Collected Works of James Hogg) (in English) - James Hogg

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Synopsis "The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Tale (The Collected Works of James Hogg) (in English)"

This volume is edited by Douglas S. Mack and contains an Essay on the Illustrations by Meiko O'Halloran and a Glossary by Janette CurrieThe 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 the poem is the state of Scotland in 1561 - a crucial period in Scottish history, coming a year after the legislation was passed that brought in the Scottish Reformation. The Queen's Wake looks back to the pre-1560 world of Catholic Scotland and explores the tensions between that old world and an emerging modernity.When The Queen's Wake was pu

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