First published in 1993. Volume 8 in the 9-volume set of Studies in Medieval Literature, a series of interpretative and analytic studies of the Western European literatures of the Middle Ages. This volume extends the canon of works to be read and studied by providing a new framework for understanding that will inspire students and scholars to look anew at Robert Henryson's poetry. The reader will find it rewarding to read the mainline exposition but will also find a second reward in the kn...

This ebook presents Modern English prose translations of two medieval retellings of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, the first a Middle English romance from the early fourteenth century, Sir Orfeo, and the second a narrative from the late fifteenth century, Orpheus and Eurydice, by the Middle Scots poet Robert Henryson. The story they tell is famous from classical legend: Orpheus, the son of the god Apollo and the Muse Calliope, falls in love with and marries Eurydice but she is killed ...

This ebook presents Modern English prose translations of two medieval retellings of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, the first a Middle English romance from the early fourteenth century, Sir Orfeo, and the second a narrative from the late fifteenth century, Orpheus and Eurydice, by the Middle Scots poet Robert Henryson. The story they tell is famous from classical legend: Orpheus, the son of the god Apollo and the Muse Calliope, falls in love with and marries Eurydice but she is killed ...