John Barbour

Barbour's Bruce (eBook, PDF)

A! Fredome is a noble thing!
Redaktion: McDiarmid, Matthew P.; Stevenson, James A. C.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Barbour's Bruce (c. 1375) is the oldest substantial piece of literature in Older Scots. It narrates in four-stress couplets the feats of Robert Bruce and his supporters, most notably James Douglas and Thomas Randolph. Their heroic activities, including battles against odds and clever out-manoeuvrings as well as open warfare, provide opportunities for discussion of good leadership, the celebration of freedom, and a construction of Scottishness alongside a narrative with enough verifiable historical detail to make it compelling and convincing. Barbour's narrative implicitly locates Bruce and Douglas against European traditions of the Nine Worthies, particularly Alexander, and shows a sophisticated sense of structure in the central placing of Bannockburn and Bruce's speech on freedom.

This edition by McDiarmid and Stevenson, out of print for several years, is now reissued by the Scottish Text Society. In addition to the text, it provides a full introduction, notes and a glossary.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 762
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781805430452
• Artikelnr.: 67502292

Autorenporträt

John Barbour (c. 1330-1395) concluded his career as archdeacon of Aberdeen. He was associated with the royal Stewart affinity, and his works seek to establish both Bruce and Stewart rights to the throne. The Bruce is the earliest surviving text in Scots: it narrates the feats of Robert Bruce and James Douglas during the First War of Independence.

Inhaltsangabe

Volume I General Introduction Synopsis of the Narrative Textual Notes
Commentary Appendix I: Lines from Wyntoun's Cronykil Appendix II: The
'Edinburgh' Rubrics Appendix III: Conversion Factors Glossary Persons and
Places in the text Volume II Textual and Editorial Introduction Book I Book
II Book III Book IV Book V Book VI Book VII Book VIII Book IX Book X
Volume III Book XI Book XII Book XIII Book XIV Book XV Book XVI Book XVII
Book XVIII Book XIX Book XX