The Narrative Grotesque in Medieval Scottish Poetry
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Narrative Grotesque in Medieval Scottish Poetry
By (Author) Caitlin Flynn
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
5th April 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: poetry and poets
Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600
821.2099411
Physical Properties
Hardback
272
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 16mm
463g
Description
The narrative grotesque examines late medieval narratology in two Older Scots poems: Gavin Douglass The Palyce of Honour (c.1501) and William Dunbars The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo (c.1507).
The narrative grotesque is exemplified in these poems, which fracture narratological boundaries by fusing disparate poetic forms and creating hybrid subjectivities. Consequently, these poems interrogate conventional boundaries in poetic making. The narrative grotesque is applied as a framework to elucidate these chimeric texts and to understand newly late medieval engagement with poetics and narratology.
Author Bio
Caitlin Flynn is Associate Lecturer in Medieval Literature at the University of St Andrews
