Robert Fergusson and the Scottish Periodical Press Mexican legends and the role of antiquity

and the role of antiquity in medieval alliterative poetry

The volume also achieves a uniquely dual historical value – while the articles themselves include a lot of historical information tracing the roots of the various issues discussed

This volume examines Latin and vernacular writings that formed part of a flourishing culture of mystical experience in the later Middle Ages (ca

Of special signficance are those detailing all relevant information about attributed and spurious Byron poems

Robert Fergusson and the Scottish Periodical Press Mexican legends and the role of antiquityThough Robert Fergusson published only one collection of poems during his lifetime, he was a fixture in the Scottish periodical press. Rhona Brown explores Fergusson's poetic output in its immediate periodical context, enabling a new understanding of Fergusson's contribution to poetry that also enlarges on our understanding of the Scottish periodical press. Focusing on the development of his career in Walter Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine, Brown situates