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John Skelton and Poetic Authority
Jane Griffiths
其他書名
Defining the Liberty to Speak
出版
Clarendon Press
, 2006-02-23
主題
Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / Poetry
Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
Literary Criticism / Poetry
Literary Criticism / Renaissance
ISBN
019927360X
9780199273607
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=XJhlAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
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 poet's role in society with discoveries about the writing process itself. The result is a highly idiosyncratic poetics that locates thepoet's 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 as well asfifteenth-century traditions. Focusing on his relations with both past and present readers, it reassess his place in the English literary canon.
