Gavin Douglas\u27s Aeneados: Caxton\u27s English and \u27Our Scottis Langage\u27

Discusses the Scots poet Gavin Douglas\u27s translation of Virgil\u27s Aeneid into Scots, and Douglas\u27s treatment of his predecessor William Caxton\u27s translation of Virgil into English, arguing that Douglas associates Caxton\u27s English with a barbaric world of monsters and beasts, in contrast to Scots which is seen as expressing civilized classical values, and that Douglas\u27s translation, by enhancing and showcasing the literary power of Scots for a wider audience, successfully resisted for at least forty years the linguistic standardization initiated by the burgeoning print industry