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John Skelton, Priest as Poet

John Skelton, Priest as Poet Seasons of Discovery

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Publisher's Synopsis

Kinney shows how the Mass, the Divine Offices, and the liturgy underlie the themes and image clusters of Skelton's poems and argues that liturgical music, especially the plainsong, informs all of Skelton's meters. What emerges is the portrait of a consistent, determined, and imaginative poet in whose canon poetics is grounded in the marriage of teaching and preaching. The study sheds new light on the interrelationships of politics, poetry, and religion in Renaissance England.

Originally published in 1987.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780807817308
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 821.2
DEWEY edition: 19
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 567g
Height: 230mm
Width: 150mm
Spine width: 19mm