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Dunbar the Makar (Hardcover)
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Dunbar the Makar (Hardcover)
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William Dunbar is a poet whose virtuosity is often praised, but
rarely analyzed. This first major study of his work to be published
in over ten years examines his view of himself as a major poet, or
"makar," and the way he handles various poetic genres. It
challenges the over-simplified and reductive views purveyed by some
critics, that Dunbar is primarily a moralist or no more than a
talented virtuoso. New emphasis is placed on the petitions, or
begging-poems, and their use for poetic introspection. There is
also a particularly full study of Dunbar's under-valued comic
poems, and of the modes most congenial to him--notably parody,
irony, "flyting" or invective, and black dream-fantasy. Taking
account of recent scholarship, Priscilla Bawcutt explores the
complex literary traditions available to Dunbar, both in Latin and
the vernaculars, including "popular" and alliterative poetry as
well as that of Chaucer and his followers. This original, learned,
and critically searching book is set to become the leading analysis
of one of the most fascinating and accomplished of medieval poets.
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