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HENRYSON, ROBERT (c. 1425c. 1500) , Scottish poet, was born about 1425. It has been surmised that he was connected with the family of Henderson of Fordell, but of this there is no evidence. He is described, on the title-page of the 1570 edition of his Fables, as " scholemaister of Dunfermeling," probably of the grammar-school of the Benedictine
Henryson
Henryson
Efforts have been made to draw up a chronology of his poems; but every scheme of this kind, is, in a stronger sense than in the case of Dunbar, mere guess-work. There are no biographical or bibliographical facts to guide us, and the " internal evidence' is inconclusive.Henryson's longest, and in many respects his most original
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In the Testament of Cresseid Henryson supplements Chaucer's 'tale of Troilus with the story of the tragedy of Cresseid. Here again his literary craftsmanship saves him from the disaster which must have overcome another poet in undertaking to continue the part of the story which Chaucer had intentionally left untold. The description of Cresseid's leprosy, of Tier meeting with Troilus, of his sorrow and charity, and of her death, give the poem a high place in writings of this genre. The poem entitled Orpheus and Eurydice, which is drawn
Thirteen shorter poems have been ascribed to Henryson. Of these the pastoral
burlesque which is represented by a single specimen in the work of the greatest makers, Dunbar, Douglas and Lyndsay. For this reason, if not for others, the difference of its manner is no argument against its authenticity.The MS. authorities for the text are the Asloan, Bannatyne, Maitland Folio, Makculloch, Gray and Riddell. Chepman and Myllar's Prints (1508) have preserved two of the minor poems and a fragment of Orpheus and Eurydice. The first complete edition was prepared by avid Laing (1 vol., Edinburgh, 1865). A more exhaustive edition in three volumes, containing all the texts, was undertaken by the Scottish Text Society (ed. G. Gregory Smith), the first volume of the text (vol. ii. of the work) appearing in 1907. For a critical account of Henryson, see Irving's History of Scottish Poetry, Henderson's Vernacular Scottish Literature, Gregory Smith's Transition Period, J. H. Millar's Literary History of Scotland, and the second volume of the Cambridge History of English Literature (1908). (G. G. S.)End of Article: HENRYSON, ROBERT (c. 1425c. 1500) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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