John Skelton

This book presents a collection of works of John Skelton, the first great modern English poet, who wrote in a vigorous vernacular, taking literary English out of the medieval world and enriching it with new forms and tones. It provides notes and glossary illuminating Skelton's works for the reader.

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."

Contents 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