Along with his contemporary Robert Henryson, William Dunbar is the foremost figure of Scottish medieval literature. Writing as a court poet during the reign of James IV, Dunbar was at the intellectual heart of Scotland's Renaissance. His poetry is among the greatest in the Scots language: sophisticated, versatile and stylish, the work of a master of considerable literary genius. Ronald Jack's SCOTNOTE study guide examines a number of Dunbar's most important works - The Thrissil and the Rois, The Lament for the Makaris, The Golden Targe, The Twa Mariit Wemen and the Wedo and others - and explains the background, history, language and influences for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

 

This book is part of a book series called Scotnotes Study Guides .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 62 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Association for Scottish Literary Studies .

This book has the following chapters: Introduction At the Court of James IV Message and Medium: 'To the Merchantis of Edinburgh' The Ladder of Style: Devilishness, Death and Damian Form and Meaning: of 'Targe' and 'Tretis'