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The Queen´s Wake: A Legendary Tale
James Hogg
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Description for The Queen´s Wake: A Legendary Tale
Paperback. This book presents both the first and fifth edition of the poem. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 470 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 45. Weight in Grams: 762.
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. 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 made substantial ... Read more
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. 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 made substantial ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
470
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
The Collected Works of James Hogg
Condition
New
Number of Pages
470
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748620883
SKU
V9780748620883
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About James Hogg
The late Douglas S. Mack was formerly Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Stirling. Meiko O'Halloran is a Lecturer in English Literature at Newcastle University. She contributed an essay to the Stirling/South Carolina Edition volume of The Queen's Wake, and is currently preparing a monograph called Hogg's Kaleidoscopic Art. Janette Currie is MHRA Research Fellow in ... Read more
Reviews for The Queen´s Wake: A Legendary Tale
[This] edition of The Queen's Wake is a remarkable piece of scholarship.
Sharon Alker, Scotia A necessary and commendable effort to present... [Hogg's] entire corpus in a welcome research edition.
Rhona Brown, Scotia: Interdisciplinary Journal of Scottish Studies [This] edition of The Queen's Wake is a remarkable piece ... Read more
Sharon Alker, Scotia A necessary and commendable effort to present... [Hogg's] entire corpus in a welcome research edition.
Rhona Brown, Scotia: Interdisciplinary Journal of Scottish Studies [This] edition of The Queen's Wake is a remarkable piece ... Read more