John Lydgate

Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1970, John Lydgate sets out to restore a sense of perspective to the work of Lydgate, not by attributing a spurious modernity as a precursor of the Renaissance, but by accepting the fact that he is fundamentally medieval. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Preface Author’s Note 1. John Lydgate: The Critical Approach 2. The Monastic Background 3. Chaucer and the Literary Background 4. The Courtly Poems 5. Troy and Thebes 6. Laureate Lydgate 7. Fables and Didactic Poems 8. The Fall of Princes 9. Lydgate’s Religious Poetry 10. Conclusion Select Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Derek Pearsall, Derek (Author Passed Away As Advised By Pearsall, Pearsall Derek
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367187781
• ISBN: 978-0-367-18778-1
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Medieval World; Routledge Library Editions: The Medieval World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets