Little is known about Robert Henryson's life, who was a very well-known Scottish author much admired by his contemporories (often described as the 'greatest' Scottish medieval author); who wrote in middle-scots in the second half of the fifteenth century, and mainly during the reign of James III. He 'possibly' attended and taught at the University of Glasgow, and is associated with the town of Dunfermline, where -inasmuch as can be ascertained from his work and sixteenth century tradition- he may have worked as a teacher, lawyer, or public notary. He was not a court poet, unlike his younger contemporary, William Dunbar.
Henryson's main works include a version of Aesop's Fables (usually entitled The Morall fabillis of Esope the Phrygian), The Testament of Cresseid, a follow-on to Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (but also seen as his own, original 'masterpiece', a poem in its own right) , Robene and Makyne, and Orpheus and Eurydice, a version of the classic tale.
Pricilla Bawcutt describes Henryson in Discovering Scottish Writers as excelling as 'a narrative poet' who handled the fable genre 'brilliantly.'
Poems by this Poet
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The Prolog | 19 May 2014 |
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The Taill of the Cok, and the Jasp | 19 May 2014 |
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Taill of the Uponlandis Mous, and the Burges Mous - | 19 May 2014 |
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The Taill how this foirsaid Tod maid his C├Áfessioun to Freir Wolf Waitskaith | 19 May 2014 |
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Taill of the S├Áe & Air of the foirsaid Foxe, callit Father wer: Alswa the Parilamt of fourfuttit Beistis, haldin be the Lyoun - | 19 May 2014 |
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The Taill of the Scheip & the Doig | 19 May 2014 |
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The Taill of the Lion & the Mouse | 19 May 2014 |
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The Preiching of the Swallow | 19 May 2014 |
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Fabill 9 - The Taill of the Wolf that gat the Nekherig throw the wrikis of the Foxe that begylit the Cadgear | 19 May 2014 |
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Fabill 11 - The Taill of the Wolf and the Wedder | 19 May 2014 |
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Subtle rhetorician....one of
Subtle rhetorician....one of the Scotish finest.
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