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Born in the last years of James III's reign, Sir David Lyndsay
(c.1486-1555) served under James IV, James V, and Mary. As a
writer, Lyndsay is best known today for his play, "Ane Satyre of
The Thrie Estaitis", a biting and comic commentary on Church and
State that is still regularly performed today. But it was Lyndsay's
other works, of which this volume offers an accessible selection,
that made him the best known Scottish poet of the time. In the late
sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a literate
household in Scotland was likely to own two books: the "Bible" and
the poems of Sir David Lyndsay. Today, while a performance of "Ane
Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis" can still draw the crowds, very
little is known about the rest of Lyndsay's work. This new volume
from ASLS is designed to introduce some of Lyndsay's best poems to
a new audience. Lyndsay's greatest strength is his range and
diversity, from comic verse to political satire to spiritual
reflection. These are the features that made Lyndsay a popular
writer in his own time; explored again, he might well regain that
status in ours. Dr Williams has planned the selected poems to
introduce these works both to new readers, for whom there are
on-the-page annotations and references, and to specialists, who
will wish to work with freshly-established texts. The explanatory
notes illustrate the richness of Lyndsay's language and those
contemporary references now less known. An Introduction provides
biographical information and discusses important features of
Lyndsay's poetry, and a full Bibliography offers further support
for scholars.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1871 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1871 Edition.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
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