Abstract
Presents the first critical discussion of manuscript poems in the Maitland Quarto attributable to Alexander Arbuthnot (1538-1583), the first Protestant principal of King's College, Aberdeen; gives detailed discussion of attribution and textual issues; and discusses the effects of religious change on Arbuthnot's writing of amatory, ethical and devotional lyric in post-Reformation Scotland.
Recommended Citation
Martin, Joanna
(2016)
"Alexander Arbuthnot and the Lyric in Post-Reformation Scotland,"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 41:
Iss.
1, 62–87.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol41/iss1/10