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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scots-language work
ⓘ
flyting ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Walter Kennedy
ⓘ
William Dunbar ⓘ |
| author |
Walter Kennedy
ⓘ
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
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hyperbole ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dialogue poem ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Scottish literature
ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish makars
|
| meter | rhymed verse ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of flyting in Scottish literature
ⓘ
elaborate verbal invective ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Scots ⓘ |
| partOf | tradition of courtly entertainment ⓘ |
| period | Scottish Renaissance ⓘ |
| relatedGenre |
mock-epic
ⓘ
satirical poetry ⓘ |
| rhetoricalMode | contest of poetic skill ⓘ |
| setting | Scottish royal court ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Renaissance studies
ⓘ
Scottish literature ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
mutual insults
ⓘ
verbal contest ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Tudor era ⓘ |
| tone | mock-heroic ⓘ |
| uses |
personal abuse
ⓘ
regional stereotypes ⓘ |
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