Abstract
Sets the portrayal of the pig in the anonymous Scots fifteenth-century poem The Tale of Colkelbie Sow in the context of medieval fears of social disorder and mob rule, drawing on medieval accounts of the criminal trials of unruly pigs and other animals, and recent discussions of Scottish and medieval literary humour.
Recommended Citation
Flynn, Caitlin
(2016)
"Mobbing, (Dis)order and the Literary Pig in The Tale of Colkelbie Sow, Pars Prima,"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 41:
Iss.
1, 47–61.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol41/iss1/9