John Skelton

Introduction; Note on the Text; Chapter 1 1. WILLIAM CAXTON ON SKELTON; Chapter 2 ERASMUS ON SKELTON, âTHAT INCOMPARABLE LIGHT AND ORNAMENT OF BRITISH LETTERSâ; Chapter 3 ALEXANDER BARCLAY ON âPHILIP SPARROWâ; Chapter 4 âTHE GREAT CHRONICLEâ ON SKELTON AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES; Chapter 5 HENRY BRADSHAW ON SKELTON AND OTHER SUPERIOR POETS; Chapter 6 WILLIAM LILY ON SKELTON: âNEITHER LEARNED, NOR A POETâ; Chapter 7 ROBERT WHITTINTON IN PRAISE OF SKELTON, THE âLEARNED POETâ; Chapter 8 JOHN BALE ON THE LIFE OF SKELTON; Chapter 9 WILLIAM BULLEIN ON SKELTON'S SATIRES ON WOLSEY; Chapter 10 THOMAS CHURCHYARD IN PRAISE OF SKELTON; Chapter 11 JOHN GRANGE ON SKELTON'S âRAGGED RYMEâ; Chapter 12 WILLIAME WEBBE ON SKELTON: âA PLEASANT CONCEYTED FELLOWEâ; Chapter 13 GEORGE PUTTENHAM ON SKELTON'S METRE 1589; Chapter 14 GABRIEL HARVEY ON SKELTON, THE âMADBRAYNED KNAVEâ; Chapter 15 ARTHUR DENT ON SKELTON'S IMMORAL WORKS; Chapter 16 MICHAEL DRAYTON IN PRAISE OF SKELTON; Chapter 17 PIMLYCO, OR RUNNE RED-CAP' IN PRAISE OF âELYNOR RUMMINGâ; Chapter 18 NICHOLAS BRETON ON SKELTON'S âRUFFLING RIMESâ; Chapter 19 HUMPHREY KING ON SKELTON AND OTHER âMERRY MENâ; Chapter 20 WILLIAM BROWNE ON SKELTON; Chapter 21 HENRY PEACHAM ON SKELTON'S UNMERITED REPUTATION; Chapter 22 âA BANQUET OF JESTSâ ON THE NEGLECT OF SKELTON; Chapter 23 JAMES HOWELL ON THE NEGLECT OF SKELTON; Chapter 24 THOMAS FULLER'S BIOGRAPHY ON SKELTON; Chapter 25 EDWARD PHILLIPS ON SKELTON'S CURRENT OBSCURITY; Chapter 26 AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CRITIC IN PRAISE OF âELYNOR RUMMYNGâ; Chapter 27 ALEXANDER POPE ON âBEASTLY SKELTONâ; Chapter 28 ELIZABETH COOPER IN PRAISE OF SKELTON; Chapter 29 SAMUEL JOHNSON ON SKELTON; Chapter 30 THOMAS WARTON ON SKELTON; Chapter 31 PHILIP NEVE ON SKELTON: âA RUDE AND SCURRILOUS RHYMERâ; Chapter 32 ROBERT SOUTHEY ON SKELTON'S GENIUS; Chapter 33 WILLIAM GIFFORD IN PRAISE OF SKELTON; Chapter 34 THOMAS CAMPBELL ON SKELTON'S BUFFOONERY; Chapter 35 EZEKIEL SANFORD ON SKELTON'S LIFE AND WORKS; Chapter 36 THE âRETROSPECTIVE REVIEWâ IN PRAISE OF SKELTON; Chapter 37 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ON SKELTON: âA DEMON IN POINT OF GENIUSâ; Chapter 38 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE ON âPHILIP SPARROWâ; Chapter 39 HENRY HALLAM ON SKELTON: âCERTAINLY NOT A POETâ; Chapter 40 ISAAC D'ISRAELI ON SKELTON'S GENIUS; Chapter 41 ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING IN PRAISE OF SKELTON 1842; Chapter 42 AGNES STRICKLAND ON SKELTON: âTHIS RIBALD AND ILL-LIVING WRETCHâ; Chapter 43 THE âQUARTERLY REVIEWâ on DYCE'S EDITION OF SKELTON; Chapter 44 HIPPOLYTE TAINE ON SKELTON THE âCLOWNâ; Chapter 45 âDUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINEâ ON SKELTON; Chapter 46 JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL ON SKELTON AND âPHILIP SPARROWâ; Chapter 47 JOHN CHURTON COLLINS ON SKELTON; Chapter 48 RICHARD HUGHES ON SKELTON; Chapter 49 EDMUND BLUNDEN ON SKELTON'S 400th ANNIVERSARY; Chapter 50 HUMBERT WOLFE ON SKELTON'S INNOVATION; Chapter 51 ROBERT GRAVES ON HENDERSON'S EDITION OF SKELTON; Chapter 52 W.H. AUDEN ON SKELTON âTHE ENTERTAINERâ; Chapter 53 G. S. FRASER ON SKELTON; Chapter 54 E. M. FORSTER ON SKELTON; Chapter 55 C. S. LEWIS ON SKELTON, âTHE REALLY GIFTED AMATEURâ; Bibliography; Index;