Poet and Politician Reconciled: How Gavin Douglas Navigates the Scots Language and Nationalism in the Prologues to the Eneados

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dc.contributorLandon, Mark
dc.contributorQuillian, William
dc.contributorYu, Wesley
dc.contributor.advisorYu, Wesley
dc.contributor.authorBushnell, Megan
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-09T21:36:41Z
dc.date.available2013-05-09T21:36:41Z
dc.date.gradyear2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-05-09
dc.description.abstractGavin Douglas’ Eneados, a medieval Scottish translation of Virgil’s Aeneid, contains a political agenda that pertains particularly to language. Douglas interprets the Aeneid as the foundation of the literary tradition based upon Latin. His method of translation, where he synthesizes practices based on both loss and surfeit, demonstrates how Douglas intends to place the Scottish vernacular within this Latin tradition. The muses within his Prologues are the key elements of his practice in that they provide guidelines for faithful translation and interpretation. They also mediate a discussion of the purposes, practices, and results of poetry and translation within Prologues VIII, IX, and XII. Douglas conducts this discussion in terms of language, indicating his desire to strengthen the Scottish vernacular. Nationalism does not fuel this desire, diplomacy does. In this way, Douglas attempts to negotiate a peace based upon language between England and Scotland.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEnglishen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/3227
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.restrictedrestricteden_US
dc.subjectScotlanden_US
dc.subjectGavin Douglasen_US
dc.subjectMedievalen_US
dc.subjectAeneiden_US
dc.subjectVirgilen_US
dc.subjectTranslationen_US
dc.subjectPoliticsen_US
dc.titlePoet and Politician Reconciled: How Gavin Douglas Navigates the Scots Language and Nationalism in the Prologues to the Eneadosen_US
dc.typeThesis
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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