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Informationen zum Autor John Skelton was an ordained priest and rector. He was poet laureate at the University of Oxford and Cambridge University! a court poet for King Henry VII! and a tutor to King Henry VIII. Gerald Hammond is a professor of English at the University of Manchester. He is the author of "Fleeting Things" and "The Making of the English Bible!" and the editor of "Selected Poems: Richard Lovelace." Klappentext Modern annotations and a glossary accompany the satire, parody, lyricism, and allegory featured in this new selection of poems by John Skelton, who lived from approximately 1464 to 1529. England's first great modern poet, Skelton's work still has the power to surprise and shock with its formal inventiveness and its indictments of church, scholars, and state. Zusammenfassung This is a collection of poems by John Skelton! one of the first great modern English poets. His tone can be tender! insinuating! savage and erotic. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Woefully Arrayed My Darling Dear; My Daisy Flower; The Ancient Acquaintance; Madam; Between Us Twain Mannerly Margery Milk and Ale Womanhood; Wanton; Ye Want from The Bouge of Court Philip Sparrow The Tunning of Elinour Rumming Speak; Parrot from The Garland of Laurel; Notes; Glossary
