Talk:Robert Henryson

Edits (removed personal critical opinion)

"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. " - I took this out, it's quite subjective and extravagant, as well as unnecessary.

"contains some good passages" -- That's a personal critical opinion and sounds rather presumptuous, so I've taken it out as well.

Have replaced it with a reference to the critical debate surrounding the Testament of Cresseid, and an acknowledgment of the latter's critical acclaim. Gaylegoh (talk) 13:51, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Portraits

If there are no known portraits of Henryson, why is this article stuffed with portraits? - Duncan Sneddon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.212.48 (talk) 23:42, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

And .... can anybody explain why a picture of a sand-martin is added to this article ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:1C01:2801:6800:DDD9:192A:BC03:D256 (talk) 19:32, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

It was added on 15 December 2008 with the edit summary "add provisional fable related image" (for "The Preaching of the Swallow" in this case) and the caption "a swallow at home". However as it is actually of a sand martin, the caption has been corrected in regard to the photo but thus rendered its inclusion in this article confusing, if not superfluous. I'll remove it. Mutt Lunker (talk) 17:57, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Where did Robert go?

Is there a particular reason why User Stitchill removed the colourful pic I posted showing an evocative Robert Henryson figure engaged in writing his poetry and replaced it with a Dunfermline Abbey pic which already appears on another page? I only replace a pic if I believe that the replacement makes a genuine improvement to the look of a page for the reader. I have to say that the unnecessary revision has not improved its overall look. Such a pity! And why the overly large photos from 'Otter' showing the ruins of the Abbey? They belong on a page about Dunfermline Abbey, not about Robert Henryson (where one pic of the Abbey will suffice). I just hope none of this is about ego. Kim Traynor 14:10, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

His poetry was composed in Middle Scots at a time when this had become a state language.

This is a rather misdleading sentence. Henryson if asked would have said he was writing in English (though he may well have spelled the word as 'Inglis' or some other spelling variant). The first known reference to the use of the word Scots to describe the vernacular language of Lowland Scotlnd did not appear until Henryson was just about on his deathbed as the very close of the century. The Scots/English vernacular (as opposed to Latin) was being used for some official pusposes by this time, but it certainly was not 'a State Language' in the modern sense implied here. Latin was used by the church and the law and for many, if not most, other offcial puposes. French was commonly used by the Royal Court. Half of Scotland spoke Gaelic. Children were sent to school to learn Latin not Scots. In this context the idea of Scots as a State Language at this time is is an anachronism, an idea or concept belonging to later centuries. Cassandra — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.5.12.92 (talk) 16:51, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

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