Scots take the Wheel: The Problem of Period and the Medieval Scots Alliterative Thirteen-line Stanza

Authors

Andrew W. Klein, Wabash CollegeFollow

Abstract

Examines distinctively Scottish forms of the alliterative thirteen-line stanza, best known in standard English surveys from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and argues that the stanza has a longer, more varied, independent use in Scottish poetry that should not be treated primarily in terms of English parallels.

Recommended Citation

Klein, Andrew W. (2017) "Scots take the Wheel: The Problem of Period and the Medieval Scots Alliterative Thirteen-line Stanza," Studies in Scottish Literature: Vol. 43: Iss. 1, 15–21.
Available at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol43/iss1/4