Selected Poems: William Dunbar

Overview

This collection of medieval poems is full of the same virility, elegiac power, eroticism, and satire that colored the life of celebrated Scottish poet William Dunbar. An introduction and extensive notes on his life and works, including his career as a priest and his royal employment, are also included.

Author Biography

William Dunbar was a poet in 15th-century Scotland. Ordained a priest in 1504, he served as a cleric in the court of James IV. Harriet Harvey-Wood is a former literature director of the British Council and a former judge for the Man Booker Prize. She was appointed Order of the British Empire in 1993.