The Queen's Wake : A Legendary Tale Paperback / softback
by James Hogg
Edited by Douglas S. Mack
Part of the The Collected Works of James Hogg series
Paperback / softback
Description
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 revisions, making the poem even more attractive and saleable.
The fifth edition (1819) is an enhanced and carefully polished version from a now established and respected poet.
It is markedly different from the edgy, powerful and unsettling first version, which was the work of an impecunious and marginalised outsider.
This book presents both the first and fifth edition of the poem.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:470 pages, Illustrations
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:12/07/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780748620883
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:470 pages, Illustrations
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:12/07/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780748620883
