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The narrative grotesque in medieval Scottish poetry / Caitlin Flynn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flynn, Caitlin, author.
- Series:
- Manchester medieval literature and culture ; 42.
- Manchester medieval literature and culture ; [42]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Douglas, Gawin, 1474?-1522. Palis of honoure.
- Douglas, Gawin.
- Dunbar, William, 1460?-1520? Tretis of the tua mariit wemen and the wedo.
- Dunbar, William.
- Narrative poetry, English--Scotland--History and criticism.
- Narrative poetry, English.
- Scottish poetry--To 1700--History and criticism.
- Scottish poetry.
- Grotesque in literature.
- Tretis of the tua mariit wemen and the wedo (Dunbar, William).
- Scotland.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 260 pages : illustration ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- This work examines late medieval narratology in two Older Scots poems: Gavin Douglas's The Palyce of Honour (c.1501) and William Dunbar's The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo (c.1507). The narrative grotesque is exemplified in these poems, which fracture narratological boundaries by fusing disparate poetic forms and creating hybrid subjectivities. Consequently, these poems interrogate conventional boundaries in poetic making. The narrative grotesque is applied as a framework to elucidate these chimeric texts and to understand newly late medieval engagement with poetics and narratology.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Palyce of Honour, Gavin Douglas
- 1. `Overset with fantasyis': grotesquing the dream vision
- 2. Identity crisis: temporal dissonance and narrative voice
- 3. Heavenly harmonies: classical and Christian divinity in Palyce
- pt. II The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo, William Dunbar
- 4. Making demandes: frame, form, and narratorial persona
- 5. Flyte of fancy: the first wife's response
- 6. Lovesick or sick of love? The second wife's response
- 7. Bad romance: the widow as venerean preacher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-256) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1526160811
- 9781526160812
- OCLC:
- 1276848240
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