142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book presents a collection of works of John Skelton, the first great modern English poet, who wrote in a vigorous vernacular, taking literary English out of the medieval world and enriching it with new forms and tones. It provides notes and glossary illuminating Skelton's works for the reader.
Contents
Introduction
Woefully Arrayed
My Darling Dear, My Daisy Flower
The Ancient Acquaintance, Madam, Between Us Twain
Mannerly Margery Milk and Ale
Womanhood, Wanton, Ye Want
from The Bouge of Court
Philip Sparrow
The Tunning of Elinour Rumming
Speak, Parrot
from The Garland of Laurel
Notes
Glossary
Introduction
Woefully Arrayed
My Darling Dear, My Daisy Flower
The Ancient Acquaintance, Madam, Between Us Twain
Mannerly Margery Milk and Ale
Womanhood, Wanton, Ye Want
from The Bouge of Court
Philip Sparrow
The Tunning of Elinour Rumming
Speak, Parrot
from The Garland of Laurel
Notes
Glossary
Biography
John Skelton was an ordained priest and rector. He was poet laureate at the University of Oxford and Cambridge University, a court poet for King Henry VII, and a tutor to King Henry VIII. Gerald Hammond is a professor of English at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Fleeting Things and The Making of the English Bible, and the editor of Selected Poems: Richard Lovelace.
