Low Visibility: 'wickit wedderis' and the Contest of Knowledge in The Taill of Rauf Coilȝear.
The fifteenth-century alliterative Scots poem The Taill of Rauf Coilȝear is rich in both natural imagery and comic scenes of mismatched social gatherings. It belongs to a popular genre of late medieval narrative, but this version of the king-and-commoner story is unique in its persistent metaphorica...
| Publicado en: | Scottish Literary Review Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 123 - 145 |
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Autumn/Winter2025
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