Critical Companion to John Skelton

<p>John Skelton is a central literary figure and the leading poet during the first thirty years of Tudor rule. Nevertheless he remains challenging and even contradictory for modern audiences. This book aims to provide an authoritative guide to this complex poet and his works setting him in his historical religious and social contexts. Beginning with an exploration of his life and career it goes on to cover all the major aspects of his poetry from the literary traditions in which he wrote and the form of his compositions to the manuscript contexts and later reception. SEBASTIAN SOBECKI is Professor of Medieval English Literature and Culture at the University of Groningen; JOHN SCATTERGOOD is Professor (Emeritus) of Medieval and Renaissance English at Trinity College Dublin. Contributors: Tom Betteridge Julia Boffey John Burrow David Carlson Helen Cooper Elisabeth Dutton A.S.G. Edwards Jane Griffiths Nadine Kuipers Carol Meale John Scattergood Sebastian Sobecki Greg Waite</p>