The Queen's Wake
The 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 legislat…
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Weitere Autoren: O'Halloran, Meiko (Solist) / Currie, Janette (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-0-7486-1617-6
- EAN: 9780748616176
- Produktnummer: 22663760
- Verlag: Edinburgh Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 584 S.
- Masse: H24.1 cm x B15.2 cm x D4.8 cm 998 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 998
- Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.
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James Hogg. Edited by Douglas Mack
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