Selected Essays on Scottish Language and Literature: A Festschrift in Honor of Allan H. MacLaineSteven R. McKenna This is a selection of essays by some of the leading scholars in the field of Scottish studies, covering the literary traditions of Scotland from the ancient poetry of the picts to Scots translations of Italian poems in the 20th century. |
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... human manifestations for the human community to survive in a manner that the Narrator deems appropriate . When these foxes are allegorically presented by the Narrator as " temptationis " ( 1132 ) , " the warld ... Quhilk makis man to ...
... human manifestations for the human community to survive in a manner that the Narrator deems appropriate . When these foxes are allegorically presented by the Narrator as " temptationis " ( 1132 ) , " the warld ... Quhilk makis man to ...
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... human life ( that is , with a soul ) ; some remarks make no sense whatever ; heat is cooled by heat ; time is measured in totally incoherent ways , and so forth " ( Muchembled 156-7 ) . The forces of sympathy and attraction in the ...
... human life ( that is , with a soul ) ; some remarks make no sense whatever ; heat is cooled by heat ; time is measured in totally incoherent ways , and so forth " ( Muchembled 156-7 ) . The forces of sympathy and attraction in the ...
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... human and must be excused his sins because they are an inescapable part of the human condition . Therefore , concludes the unrepentant sinner , change is not possible and to try to be more than human is a form of hubris . Is the ...
... human and must be excused his sins because they are an inescapable part of the human condition . Therefore , concludes the unrepentant sinner , change is not possible and to try to be more than human is a form of hubris . Is the ...
Contents
Henrysons Construction of his Audience | 13 |
David Parkinson Prescriptions for Laughter in Some Middle Scots Poems | 27 |
Scottish Goliard | 41 |
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