William Dunbar (Critical Survey of Poetry)
Other Literary Forms
There is no evidence that William Dunbar wrote in any genre other than short poetry.
Achievements
William Dunbar has traditionally been grouped with Robert Henryson, Gavin Douglas, Sir David Lyndsay, and James I of Scotland, author of The Kingis Quair (1423-1424, The King’s Choir), as a “Scottish Chaucerian,” because he often used Geoffrey Chaucer’s metrical forms and poetic conventions. He may also be considered a Chaucerian in the sense that...
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