The Chaucer Review: An Indexed Bibliography (Vols. 1-30)Return
to the Subject List Ebin, Lois. "Dunbar's Bawdy." 14 (1980):
278-86. Dunbar uses bawdy puns in "Of the Ladyis Solistaris at
Court," "In Secreit Place This Hyndir Nycht," and "The Tretis of
the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo" to reexamine traditional
forms and courtly tradition. Ridley, Florence H. "The Treatment
of Animals in the Poetry of Henryson and Dunbar." 24 (1990):
356-66. "The Thrissill and the Rois," like many of Dunbar's
other poems, uses animal imagery. In "On the Resurrection of
Christ" the animals represent the various figures in the
resurrection story. Dunbar's animal images are similar to those
used in painting. In "Ane Ballat of the Fen3eit Freir of
Tungland" Dunbar's habit of making humans into animals and using
animal images drawn from art is clearly visible. In "Tua Mariit
Wemen and the Wedo" readers see Dunbar's frequent use of horses
as images for people. He also uses such images in "The Petition
of the Gray Horse, Auld Dunbar.