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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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 Middle Scots ⓘ
linked to: Scots
literaryDevice alliteration ⓘ
hyperbole ⓘ
satire ⓘ
literaryForm dialogue poem ⓘ
literaryTradition Scottish makars ⓘ
linked to: Scottish literature
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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Scots → hasNotableWork → The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy ⓘ
Walter Kennedy → notableWork → The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy ⓘ
Walter Kennedy → participantIn → The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy ⓘ