John Skelton and poetic authority : defining the liberty to speak / Jane Griffiths.

Format:

• Book
• Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

• Griffiths, Jane, 1970-

Series:

• Oxford English monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Skelton, John, 1460?-1529--Criticism and interpretation.
• Skelton, John, 1460?-1529.
• Poetry--Authorship--History--16th century.
• Authority in literature.
• Liberty in literature.
• Poetry--Authorship.
• History.
• Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 213 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

This is the first book-length study of John Skelton (?1460-1529) for almost twenty years, and the first to link his poetic theory with his practice as a writer and translator. Reassessing Skelton's place in the English literary canon, it suggests the need to reconsider the conventional distinction between "Medieval" and "Renaissance" poetics.

Notes:

• Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Oxford) under the title: The liberty to speak: authority in the poetry of John Skelton.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages [192]-208) and index.

ISBN:

019927360X

OCLC:

62090804

Publisher Number:

9780199273607

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