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Alexander Barclay
Alexander Barclay , 1475?–1552, Scottish clergyman and poet. Although the first to write pastoral eclogues in English, he is best known for The Ship of Fools (1509), a translation and elongation of Sebastian Brant's widely popular poem Das Narrenschiff. |
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"Alexander Barclay." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Alexander Barclay." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-BarclayA.html "Alexander Barclay." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-BarclayA.html |
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Barclay, Alexander
Barclay, Alexander (?1475–1552), poet, scholar, and divine, translated Brant's Narrenschiff into English verse as The Ship of Fools (1509) and wrote his Eclogues at Ely (c.1513–14).
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Barclay, Alexander." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Barclay, Alexander." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BarclayAlexander.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Barclay, Alexander." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BarclayAlexander.html |
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