John Skelton, Priest As Poet | University of North Carolina Press ~ Arthur F. Kinney

John Skelton, Priest As Poet

Seasons of Discovery

Arthur F. Kinney

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 06/2018
Pages: 256
Subject: Poetry | University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78081E+12
eBook ISBN: 9781469644097

DESCRIPTION

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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