“Katherine H. Terrell’s important study breaks new ground in situating the work of poets associated with the court of James IV—William Dunbar, Walter Kennedy, and Gavin Douglas—within a tradition stemming from Latin and vernacular chronicle history.… [Her] rich and careful study offers valuable insight into the cultural landscape of late medieval Scotland, demonstrating how literature, history, and myth are imbricated in the construction of ideas of nation.” —Elizabeth Elliott, Speculum
“Terrell’s persuasive and deeply scholarly study weaves together literary and historiographical scholarship to offer substantial new insights into the poetry associated with the court of James IV, a period crucial for both the development of Older Scots literature and for Scotland’s transformed sense of itself as a nation.” —Rhiannon Purdie, editorial secretary of the Scottish Text Society
“Scripting the Nation is impressively rigorous in its analysis and based on an intimate knowledge of the texts discussed and the contexts in which they were written. It has strong interdisciplinary credentials and contributes substantially to ongoing research in the fields of Scottish and English literature as well as engaging with issues of cultural and national identity.” —Roger A. Mason, editor of Scots and Britons: Scottish Political Thought and the Union of 1603