Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index.
Contents:
"Writtin in the langage of Scottis natioun": the political poetry of Douglas's Eneados. Subversive histories: strategies of identity in Scottish historiography -- "Ane worthier genology": translatio imperii and the divine imperative of history -- Legacies of nationalist historiography and the founding of Scottish poetry -- Literary genealogy and national identity in Dunbar and Kennedy -- From courtly love to court poetics: Dunbar's petitions and the Scottish transformation of tradition -- "Writtin in the langage of Scottis natioun": the political poetry of Douglas's Eneados.
Summary:
"Examines the rise of Scottish nationalism through poets at the court of James IV-William Dunbar, Walter Kennedy, and Gavin Douglas-who appropriated and subverted English literary models to create a nationalist discourse that resisted English cultural and political hegemony, defining what is meant by Scots and Scotland"-- Provided by publisher.
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