Mediaeval Scottish poetry: King James the First, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas

Abbotsford series of the Scottish poets #2

by George Eyre-Todd

Excerpt from Mediaeval Scottish Poetry

The mediaeval poetry of Scotland, equally with the earliest Scottish poetry, has hitherto been all but inaccessible to the general reader. The difficulties in the way of anything like a popular study of poets such as James I., Henryson, Dunbar, and Douglas may be gathered from the fact that the works of these four, when found, are scarcely to be had together for a smaller sum than five guineas. The present volume is an attempt to overcome these difficulties, and to render available the flower of mediaeval Scottish Poetry.

269 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1890

About the author

George Eyre-Todd (1862 - 1937) was a Scottish travel writer, literary historian, critic and editor, and a populiser of early Scottish literature. He lectured on English Literature and Scottish History at the Glasgow Athenaeum and was Editor of The Scottish Field.