The Queen's Wake - A Legendary Poem (The Collected Works of James Hogg Volume 14)

Langue : anglais

Edité par Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2004

0748616179 / 9780748616176

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2004. cxiii, 470pp. B&W illustrations. This volume is edited by Douglas S. Mack and contains an Essay on the Illustrations by Meiko O'Halloran and a Glossary by Janette Currie. "The Queen's Wake is one of the landmarks of British Romantic poetry. It focuses on the return of Mary, Queen of Scots to Scotland in 1561 to take personal rule of her kingdom after her years in France. In the poem poets and bards hold a poetic competition (a 'wake') in Holyrood Palace to welcome the Queen home. In the descriptions of the songs and the people who sing them various Scottish poets of Hogg's own period can be recognised, giving the reader a sense of the condition of poetry in Hogg's Scotland. Another key concern of the poem is the state of Scotland in 1561 - a crucial period in Scottish history, coming a year after the legislation was passed that brought in the Scottish Reformation. The Queen's Wake looks back to the pre-1560 world of Catholic Scotland and explores the tensions between that old world and an emerging modernity. When The Queen's Wake was published in 1813 it proved an unexpected popular success, placing Hogg for a while alongside Byron and Scott as one of the most admired British poets of that time. Over the next six years Hogg was encouraged by major players in the Edinburgh book trade to make substantial revisions, to make the poem even more attractive and saleable. The fifth edition (1819) is an enhanced and carefully polished version from the now established and respected poet. It is markedly different from the edgy, powerful and unsettling first version of The Queen's Wake, which was the work of an impecunious and marginalised outsider. Thus the poem exists in significantly different authorial versions, each reflecting Hogg's circumstances at the time. In recent years a consensus has emerged that in cases of this kind the modern reader is best served by having access to editions of both versions.The Stirling/South Carolina Research Edition of The Queen's Wake therefore presents both the first and fifth edition of the poem." Book has gilt titles to spine. Page edges browning. The book looks like it has been dropped into a muddy puddle with soiling to the edges and water marks to the edges of the boards and some pages. A good working copy. PLEASE NOTE: Heavyish book so a little extra may be needed for shipping to non-UK customers.

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Titre
The Queen's Wake - A Legendary Poem (The Collected Works of James Hogg Volume 14)
Auteur
Hogg, James (edited by Douglas S. Mack)
Éditeur
Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh
Année de publication
2004
État de l'article
Good
Jaquette
Good
Reliure
Black Hardback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0748616179
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780748616176
Édition
First Edition Thus
Dimensions
9.5"tall
Catalogues du vendeur
Poetry, Scottish Literature/Fiction, Scottish Poetry/Ballads

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