John Skelton and Poetic Authority: Defining the Liberty to Speak

by Jane Griffiths

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.

226 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006