William Hamilton of Gilbertfield (–1751)
Auteur de Blind Harry's Wallace
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de William Hamilton of Gilbertfield
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- William Hamilton of Gilbertfield
- Nom légal
- Hamilton, William
- Date de naissance
- c1665
- Date de décès
- 1751-05-24
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Scotland
- Lieu de naissance
- Ladyland, Ayrshire, Scotland
- Lieu du décès
- Latrick, Lanark, Scotland
- Professions
- writer
poet - Organisations
- British Army
Membres
Critiques
Describe de manera clasica la vida de Sir William Wallace
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 64
- Popularité
- #264,968
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 3
- Langues
- 1
Elspeth King warns in her introduction that "As far as the battle scenes and the incidents of killing are concerned, Braveheart is a work of restraint and good taste when compared to Blind Harry's original text." She's not wrong. I must admit that the poem has a cracking pace, even with some unfortunate McGonagallisms. Like the film, it's a bit vague on geography, but very clear about who the good guys and the bad guys are. Unlike the film, it's mercifully discreet about Wallace's horrible death. I'm afraid it did read like one incident of biffing the English followed by another of biffing traitorous Scots and so on, but I can see why people liked it.… (plus d'informations)