Greg Walker, Walker Greg

John Skelton and the Politics of the 1520s

Herausgeber: Fletcher, Anthony

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A detailed examination of the poet John Skelton's satirical assault upon Cardinal Wolsey.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780521521390
• ISBN-10: 0521521394
• Artikelnr.: 22342105

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Select glossary
Introduction
1. John Skelton and the Howards: the question of patronage
2. The Court career of John Skelton, King's orator
3. Speke, Parott and Why Com Ye Nat to Courte?: the context and evolution of a satiric stance
4. 'Lyke Mahounde in a play': conventional elements in Skelton's portrait of Wolsey
5. 'So mangye a mastyfe curre, the grete greyhoundes pere': Skelton's account of Wolsey's relations with King and Court during his ascendancy
6. 'Obseqious et Loyall': Skelton's political work under Wolsey's patronage
Conclusion
Index.