John Skelton, Priest as Poet: Seasons of Discovery

by Arthur F. Kinney

Book Overview

Kinney shows how the Mass, the Divine Offices, and the liturgy underlie the themes and image clusters of Skelton's poems and argues that liturgical music, especially the plainsong, informs all of Skelton's meters. What emerges is the portrait of a consistent, determined, and imaginative poet in whose canon poetics is grounded in the marriage of teaching and preaching. The study sheds new light on the interrelationships of politics, poetry, and religion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807865524
• ISBN13: 9780807865521
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"