James Watson's Choice Collection is the first known printed collection of Older Scots verse and as such a milestone in Scottish literary historyThis eclectic mixture of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century pieces along with some earlier works, has examples from many key genres in Scottish literary history, such as the beast poem, the mock testament, the elegy, the "peasant brawl" poem, and the drinking song. Harriet Harvey Wood's commentary provides considered textual analysis of all the pieces in a fascinating collection which suggests links both back to Dunbar and Lyndsay, and forward to Burns and Garioch.

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Title: James Watson's Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems
Publisher: Scottish Text Society, GB
Publication Date: 1991
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1897976070
ISBN 13: 9781897976074
Binding: Hardback
Condition: New
Dimensions: 13.97 centimeters width by 2.54 centimeters height by 21.59 centimeters depth
Weight: 1 gram

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