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Jacobean Parnassus

Jacobean Parnassus Scottish Poetry from the Reign of James I - Association for Scottish Literature

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Publisher's Synopsis

A great deal of excellent poetry was composed in Scotland in the first quarter of the seventeenth century. In 1603, when James Stewart became also king of England and Ireland, several Scottish poets moved to London, and commented on events at Court. Others preferred to remain in their homeland, at a distance from the metropolis; and some who had gone south soon returned home. In addition to the perennial themes of love and religion, attention was given to topics such as national identity, foreign travel, civil society, monarchy, the good life, friendship, retreat, and the nature and language of literature itself. Poets faced the political and cultural challenges inherent in the novel concept of Great Britain in a variety of ways, and the thistle and the rose bloomed together in the Jacobean garden of verses.

Book information

ISBN: 9781906841454
Publisher: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Imprint: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Pub date:
DEWEY: 821.309
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 456g
Height: 155mm
Width: 216mm
Spine width: 31mm