The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy
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The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy is a famous early 16th-century Scots poetic exchange of elaborate insults between poets William Dunbar and Walter Kennedy, often cited as one of the earliest examples of flyting in Scottish literature.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy canonical | 4 |
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Target entity: The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy Context triple: [Scots, hasNotableWork, The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy]
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Target entity: The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy Target entity description: The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy is a famous early 16th-century Scots poetic exchange of elaborate insults between poets William Dunbar and Walter Kennedy, often cited as one of the earliest examples of flyting in Scottish literature.
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A.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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B.
House of Bruce
The House of Bruce was a medieval Scottish royal dynasty best known for producing King Robert the Bruce, who led Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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C.
The Minister's Wooing
The Minister's Wooing is an 1859 historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores Calvinist theology, New England society, and women's inner lives in the early 19th century.
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D.
Bishops' Wars
The Bishops' Wars were a pair of mid-17th-century conflicts between Charles I and Scotland over attempts to impose Anglican religious practices, helping trigger the broader Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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E.
Fidei Defensor
Fidei Defensor is a Latin title historically granted to English monarchs, meaning "Defender of the Faith," and signifies their role as protectors of the Christian faith.
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Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scots-language work
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flyting ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Walter Kennedy
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William Dunbar ⓘ |
| author |
Walter Kennedy
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William Dunbar ⓘ |
| circulatedAs | manuscript poem ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalContext | late medieval Scottish court culture ⓘ |
| dateWritten | early 16th century ⓘ |
| genre |
insult poetry
ⓘ
poetic exchange ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | modern understandings of flyting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Dunbar’s speeches
ⓘ
Kennedy’s speeches ⓘ |
| influenced | later Scottish flytings ⓘ |
| language |
Scots
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Scots
|
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
ⓘ
hyperbole ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dialogue poem ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Scottish literature
ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish makars
|
| meter | rhymed verse ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of flyting in Scottish literature
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elaborate verbal invective ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Scots ⓘ |
| partOf | tradition of courtly entertainment ⓘ |
| period | Scottish Renaissance ⓘ |
| relatedGenre |
mock-epic
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satirical poetry ⓘ |
| rhetoricalMode | contest of poetic skill ⓘ |
| setting | Scottish royal court ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Renaissance studies
ⓘ
Scottish literature ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
mutual insults
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verbal contest ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Tudor era ⓘ |
| tone | mock-heroic ⓘ |
| uses |
personal abuse
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regional stereotypes ⓘ |
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