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The "Maitland Quarto" is an anthology of some ninety-five poems, dating from the sixteenth century, and composed by members of the leading and influential Scottish Maitland family and their circle. They span a wide variety of verse forms (over sixty in total) and poetic genres. As well as reflecting the family's literary tastes, the poetry also speaks to a range of family concerns from the political to the amatory, including family identity and history, local and national affairs, and personal relationships and religiosity, with a strong moral emphasis. This edition presents the poems with notes and glossary; it also contains an introduction, setting them in their historical context, and discussing the main themes.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Maitland Quarto
• Subtitle: A New Edition of Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library MS 1408
• Author: Joanna M. Martin
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 540
• EAN: 9781897976401
• ISBN: 1897976402
• ID: 09226971
• Publisher: Scottish Text Society
• Weight: 828 g
• Dimensions: 223 × 147 × 46 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. June 2015

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