ANTHONY S. G. EDWARDS
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Introduction; Note on the Text; Chapter 1 1. WILLIAM CAXTON ON SKELTON; Chapter 2 ERASMUS ON SKELTON, `THAT INCOMPARABLE LIGHT AND ORNAMENT OF BRITISH LETTERS´; Chapter 3 ALEXANDER BARCLAY ON `PHILIP SPARROW´; Chapter 4 `THE GREAT CHRONICLE´ ON SKELTON AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES; Chapter 5 HENRY BRADSHAW ON SKELTON AND OTHER SUPERIOR POETS; Chapter 6 WILLIAM LILY ON SKELTON: `NEITHER LEARNED, NOR A POET´; Chapter 7 ROBERT WHITTINTON IN PRAISE OF SKELTON, THE `LEARNED POET´; 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 `RAGGED RYME´; Chapter 12 WILLIAME WEBBE ON SKELTON: `A PLEASANT CONCEYTED FELLOWE´; Chapter 13 GEORGE PUTTENHAM ON SKELTON'S METRE 1589; Chapter 14 GABRIEL HARVEY ON SKELTON, THE `MADBRAYNED KNAVE´; 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 `ELYNOR RUMMING´; Chapter 18 NICHOLAS BRETON ON SKELTON'S `RUFFLING RIMES´; Chapter 19 HUMPHREY KING ON SKELTON AND OTHER `MERRY MEN´; Chapter 20 WILLIAM BROWNE ON SKELTON; Chapter 21 HENRY PEACHAM ON SKELTON'S UNMERITED REPUTATION; Chapter 22 `A BANQUET OF JESTS´ 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 `ELYNOR RUMMYNG´; Chapter 27 ALEXANDER POPE ON `BEASTLY SKELTON´; 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: `A RUDE AND SCURRILOUS RHYMER´; 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 `RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW´ IN PRAISE OF SKELTON; Chapter 37 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ON SKELTON: `A DEMON IN POINT OF GENIUS´; Chapter 38 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE ON `PHILIP SPARROW´; Chapter 39 HENRY HALLAM ON SKELTON: `CERTAINLY NOT A POET´; 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: `THIS RIBALD AND ILL-LIVING WRETCH´; Chapter 43 THE `QUARTERLY REVIEW´ on DYCE'S EDITION OF SKELTON; Chapter 44 HIPPOLYTE TAINE ON SKELTON THE `CLOWN´; Chapter 45 `DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE´ ON SKELTON; Chapter 46 JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL ON SKELTON AND `PHILIP SPARROW´; 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 `THE ENTERTAINER´; Chapter 53 G. S. FRASER ON SKELTON; Chapter 54 E. M. FORSTER ON SKELTON; Chapter 55 C. S. LEWIS ON SKELTON, `THE REALLY GIFTED AMATEUR´; Bibliography; Index;
The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves.