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The Hunttyng of the Hare in the Heege Manuscript
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David Scott-Macnab
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December 6, 2010
Abstract
The Hunttyng of the Hare is a burlesque poem of the late fifteenth century that survives in a single manuscript: National Library of Scotland, MS Advocates 19.3.1. The poem, which is written in the familiar tail-rhyme stanzas of the popular English romances, is unique in using the occasion of a hunt to initiate the burlesque topos of a peasant brawl. As the present article argues, the humour of the poem relies on a sophisticated understanding of the significance of medieval hunting terminology and practice, which suggests that it was composed for an audience of gentry. The Hunttyng of the Hare has been printed only once before, in a faulty edition of the early nineteenth century that contains numerous errors and obscures many of the poem's distinctive features. The present article sets out a full scholarly study of the poem, including its textual and literary characteristics, relationships with other literary works of its type, linguistic features, and use of technical hunting language. That analysis is followed by a modern critical edition of the text, accompanied by an apparatus criticus and glossarial notes.
Published Online: 2010-12-06
Published in Print: 2010-October
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