Hary’s Wallace -

Hary’s Wallace

(Vita Nobilissimi Defensoris Scotie Wilelmi Wallace Militis)
Buch | Hardcover
790 Seiten
2023
Scottish Text Society (Verlag)
978-1-897976-48-7 (ISBN)
179,95 inkl. MwSt
Hary's Wallace is a compelling assertion of Scottish medieval national identity, drawing on tropes of blood and faith; it is the ultimate source for Braveheart.
Hary's Wallace is a late fifteenth-century poem in twelve books, recounting the deeds of William Wallace, a leader of the Scots in the First War of Independence. It is an extraordinary and sophisticated piece of work which creates scenes of immense sensual and symbolic intensity to underpin a narrative of Wallace's heroism in the face of struggle, disloyalty and betrayal. Hary draws on other Scottish material, particularly John Barbour's Bruce and Walter Bower's Scotichronicon, to structure his hero's activities, and he uses Chaucerian forms, including the five-stress couplet, to enrich his account and appeal to his contemporary audience. While the poem is best known as the ultimate source for the 1995 film Braveheart, it offers a richer and more complex version of Wallace's career and his contribution to the First War of Independence.

This edition, by Matthew P. McDiarmid, now reissued by the Scottish Text Society after several years out of print, is the standard scholarly edition of the poem, and provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction, notes and glossary.

Matthew McDiarmid (25 June 1914-12 February 1996) was a Scottish literary scholar, essayist, campaigning academic and poet. McDiarmid was one of the leading members of a pioneering generation of Scottish academics who laboured and campaigned for a proper place for Scotland's literature in Scottish universities. At the opening of his career, no Scottish university had a dedicated professor of Scottish literature; by the time of his death, there were six. J.A.C. Stevenson was a leading scholar and philologist of his generation, and his edition of the Bruce is still standard.

Preface
Introduction
Hary's Wallace, books 1-12
Notes
Glossary

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Edinburgh
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 1 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
ISBN-10 1-897976-48-8 / 1897976488
ISBN-13 978-1-897976-48-7 / 9781897976487
Zustand Neuware
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