John Skelton and Poetic Authority: Defining the Liberty to Speak by Jane Griffit

Description: John Skelton and Poetic Authority 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 Skeltons place in the English literary canon, it suggests the need to reconsider the conventional distinction between Medieval and Renaissance poetics. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description John Skelton and Poetic Authority is the first book-length study of Skelton for almost twenty years, and the first to trace the roots of his poetic theory to his practice as a writer and translator. It demonstrates that much of what has been found challenging in his work may be attributed to his attempt to reconcile existing views of the poets role in society with discoveries about the writing process itself. The result is a highly idiosyncratic poeticsthat locates the poets authority decisively within his own person, yet at the same time predicates his liberty to speak upon the existence of an engaged, imaginative audience. Skelton is frequently treated asa maverick, but this book places his theory and practice firmly in the context of later sixteenth as well as fifteenth-century traditions. Focusing on his relations with both past and present readers, it reassess his place in the English literary canon. Author Biography Jane Griffiths was born in Exeter but brought up in Holland. After reading English at Oxford, where her poem The House won the Newdigate Prize, she worked as a bookbinder and lecturer in London and Norfolk. She subsequently returned to Oxford, where she completed her doctorate on John Skelton and worked as an assistant editor on the Oxford English Dictionary. She now teaches English at St Edmund Hall. Table of Contents Introduction1: Titular identity: orator regius, poet laureate, and vates2: Amplifying memory: The Bibliotheca Historica of Diodorus Siculus3: A fals abstracte cometh from a fals concrete: representation and misrepresentation in The Bowge of Court and Magnyfycence4: Shredis of sentence: imitation and interpretation in Speke Parrot5: Diverting authorities: the glosses to Speke Parrot, A Replycacion, and A Garlande of Laurell6: All in the mind: inspiration, improvisation, and the fantasy in Magnyfycence and A Replycacion7: Rewriting the record: Skeltons posthumous reputationConclusionSelect Bibliography Review Her blending of the creative and the scholarly results in a richly suggestive work. A.S.G. Edwards, Times Literary Supplement takes a big stride forward: one begins to fell that we - she [Griffiths]- may at last have got him [Skelton] sorted. Helen Cooper, London Review of Books Promotional The first to link Skeltons poetic theory to his practice as a writer Long Description John Skelton and Poetic Authority is the first book-length study of Skelton for almost twenty years, and the first to trace the roots of his poetic theory to his practice as a writer and translator. It demonstrates that much of what has been found challenging in his work may be attributed to his attempt to reconcile existing views of the poets role in society with discoveries about the writing process itself. The result is a highly idiosyncratic poeticsthat locates the poets authority decisively within his own person, yet at the same time predicates his liberty to speak upon the existence of an engaged, imaginative audience. Skelton is frequently treated as a maverick, but this book places his theory and practice firmly in the context of later sixteenth aswell as fifteenth-century traditions. Focusing on his relations with both past and present readers, it reassess his place in the English literary canon. Review Quote takes a big stride forward: one begins to fell that we - she [Griffiths]- may at last have got him [Skelton] sorted. Feature In response to recent critical focus on Skeltons historical context, Jane Griffiths offers here an interpretative approach to his workContains the only substantial study to date of Skeltons translation of the Bibliotheca Historica of Diodorus SiculusExamines in detail Skeltons reception in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries Details ISBN019927360X Author Jane Griffiths Short Title JOHN SKELTON & POETIC AUTHORIT Series Oxford English Monographs Language English ISBN-10 019927360X ISBN-13 9780199273607 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 821.2 Year 2006 Imprint Clarendon Press Subtitle Defining the Liberty to Speak Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780199273607 UK Release Date 2006-02-23 AU Release Date 2006-02-23 NZ Release Date 2006-02-23 Pages 226 Publisher Oxford University Press Publication Date 2006-02-23 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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