The series of satirical poems and invectives written against Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey, the chief minister of Henry VIII, by the poet John Skelton has long been used by scholars as evidence of the sins and follies of Wolsey's regime. Yet the poems have never undergone serious political analysis. At the heart of this book is a detailed examination of these texts which aims to rectify that omission. For the first time they are subjected to a close reading which both elucidates their major themes and purpose, and sets them firmly in their political context. The book questions the orthodoxies of previous scholarship and challenges received opinions concerning the poet's status at the court of Henry VIII, his employment by the noble house of Howard, and his motives for launching the satirical assault upon Wolsey. From this analysis emerges a very different Skelton to that provided by earlier accounts.
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The series of satirical poems and invectives written against Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey, the chief minister of Henry VIII, by the poet John Skelton has long been used by scholars as evidence of the sins and follies of Wolsey's regime. At the heart of this book is a detailed examination of these texts.
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Once one begins to apply the critical sieve to the Skeltonic biography, it rapidly becomes apparent that even the most cherished and fundamental assumptions about the poet appear in need of radical revision. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Collyn Clout, The Garlande, Thomas Howard, Poet of Tudor England, Hampton Court, Rawdon Brown, Orator Regius, Agaynst the Scottes, Sheriff Hutton, Edward Hall, John Howard, Alexander Barclay, Cardinal Wolsey, Field of Cloth of Gold, Lord Chancellor, Prince Arthur, Agenst Garnesche, Court of Henry, Elizabeth Howard, Polydore Vergil, Prince Henry, Star Chamber, Vox Clemantis, English History, Fall of Princes New!
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Once one begins to apply the critical sieve to the Skeltonic biography, it rapidly becomes apparent that even the most cherished and fundamental assumptions about the poet appear in need of radical revision. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Collyn Clout, The Garlande, Thomas Howard, Poet of Tudor England, Hampton Court, Rawdon Brown, Orator Regius, Agaynst the Scottes, Sheriff Hutton, Edward Hall, John Howard, Alexander Barclay, Cardinal Wolsey, Field of Cloth of Gold, Lord Chancellor, Prince Arthur, Agenst Garnesche, Court of Henry, Elizabeth Howard, Polydore Vergil, Prince Henry, Star Chamber, Vox Clemantis, English History, Fall of Princes New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- John Skelton, the Complete English Poems (English Poets) by John Skelton on 10 pages
- John Skelton (Teas 61) by Nan C. Carpenter on 4 pages
- The Tudor Nobility by G. W. Bernard on 4 pages
- John Skelton, Poet Laureate by Ian Gordon in Front Matter, page 8, and page 16
- Skelton, The Complete English Poems of (Penguin Classics) by John Skelton in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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- Writing After Chaucer: Essential Readings in Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century (Basic Readings in Chaucer and His Time) by Daniel Pinti on page 277, and page 278
- The English Renaissance 1500-1620 (Blackwell Guides to Literature) by Andrew Hadfield on page 114
- Courtly Letters in the Age of Henry VIII: Literary Culture and the Arts of Deceit (Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture) by Seth Lerer in Back Matter
- Guilty Creatures : Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship by Dennis Kezar in Back Matter
- The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature (The New Cambridge History of English Literature) by David Loewenstein in Back Matter
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