The Trojan Legend in Medieval Scottish Literature

First full-length treatment of the Trojan legend in medieval Scottish literature, showing the various uses for, and the ways in, which it was deployed.

List of contents

Introduction
Troy in the Older Scots Historical Tradition
Troy in the Older Scots Romance and Nine Worthies Tradition
The Scottish Troy Book
Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and Henryson's Testament of Cresseid
Gavin Douglas' Eneados
Conclusion
Appendix

About the author

Emily Wingfield

Summary

First full-length treatment of the Trojan legend in medieval Scottish literature, showing the various uses for, and the ways in, which it was deployed.

Product details

• Authors: Emily Wingfield
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.01.2014
• EAN: 9781843843641
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-364-1
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 526 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Lyrik, Poesie, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literature - Classics / Criticism, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh