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Dunbar the Makar

By Bawcutt

Dunbar the Makar

By Bawcutt

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Dunbar's genius has been recognised not only by critics but by modern poets such as Auden and Eliot. This critical study examines Dunbar's view of himself as a poet, or `makar', and the way he handles various poetic genres. 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. Priscilla Bawcutt takes account of recent scholarship on Dunbar and also the literary traditions available to him, both in Latin and the vernaculars, including `popular' and alliterative poetry as well as that of Chaucer and his followers. Incontesting the over-simple and reductive views purveyed by some critics that Dunbar is primarily a moralist, or no more than a skilled virtuoso, she has written a well-informed, critically searching, and balanced account of the poetry.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
412
Release Date:
1992-03-01
Publication Date:
2008-11-19
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198129637
ISBN13:
9780198129639
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
745 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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