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''The Lady of the Lake'' is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1810. Set in the Trossachs region of Scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single day. The poem has three main plots: the contest among three men, Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James, and Malcolm Graeme, to win the love of Ellen Douglas; the feud and reconciliation of King James V of Scotland and James Douglas; and a war between the lowland Scots (led by James V) and the highland clans (led by Roderick Dhu of Clan Alpine). The poem was tremendously influential in the nineteenth century, and inspired the Highland Revival. By the late nineteenth century, however, the poem was much less popular. (It continued, however, to be a standard reading in elementary schools until the early twentieth century.〔 Ida E. Robbins "Reading and Literature" in James E. Russell (ed.) Teachers College Record: Elementary School Curriculum, Fourth and Fifth Year, Columbia University, 1907. 〕) Its influence is indirect: Schubert's ''Ellens Dritter Gesang'' (later adapted to use the full lyrics of the Latin Ave Maria), Rossini's ''La Donna del Lago'' (1819), the Ku Klux Klan custom of cross burning, the last name of U.S. abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and the song "Hail to the Chief", were all inspired by the poem. It shares its name with the Arthurian character, the Lady of the Lake. Other allusions to the legend are scant. ==Characters== *James Fitz-James, the Knight of Snowdoun, King James V of Scotland travelling incognito *Ellen Douglas, daughter of James Douglas *James Douglas, once the Earl of Bothwell, the mentor of the youthful King James, now exiled as an enemy *Allan Bane, a bard *Roderick Dhu, the chief of Clan Alpine, outlawed after committing a cold-blooded homicide at the Scottish court *Lady Margaret, the mother of Roderick Dhu *Malcolm Graeme, a young highland chief and former courtier of King James, loved by Ellen *Brian the Hermit, a pagan prophet in the Druid tradition *Duncan, a leading member of Clan Alpine who has just died *Angus, the son of Duncan *Norman, a bridegroom and member of Clan Alpine *Mary, Norman's bride *Blanche of Devan, a lowland Scottish woman, whose bridegroom was murdered on her wedding day by the men of Clan Alpine, causing Blanche to lose her reason 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Lady of the Lake (poem)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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