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George Lauder (1603-1670): Life and Writings (Hardcover)
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George Lauder (1603-1670): Life and Writings (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature
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First full study and edition of the works of George Lauder, "the
poet whom Scotland forgot". The Scottish poet George Lauder began
as a "university wit", by imitating anti-papal satires popular in
the Italian Renaissance. He set off for London as a young man,
looking for patronage, but instead became an officer in the army,
seeing service in France, the Low Countries, Germany, Denmark and
Sweden -- an experience which provides the backdrop to the poetry
of his mature years. At the Restoration he wrote a lengthy poem of
advice to Charles II, and his final masterwork was a poetic
conflation of the Gospel accounts of the life of Christ. Lauder was
influenced by Ben Jonson, William Drummond, and by the Metaphysical
and the Caroline styles. His personal library testifies to his wide
range of interests, and to his acquaintance with European
literature in neo-Latin and other languages. This volume traces
Lauder's career, collects all his surviving verse (presented with
full notes and commentary), and examines his interactions with
certain of the greatest intellectuals of the Dutch Golden Age.
Lauder was a British patriot and a loyal supporter of the House of
Orange; above all, however, he is the author of a unique corpus of
highly accomplished poetry. ALASDAIR A. MACDONALD is Emeritus
Professor of English Language and Literature of the Middle Ages,
University of Groningen, Netherlands.
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