Imaginings of Time in Lydgate and Hoccleve's Verse

Through a series of close readings of selected short poems and Lydgate's Troy Book, Fall of Princes, and Siege of Thebes and of Hoccleve's Regiments of Princes and Series, Smyth looks at expressions of time and examples of the authors' negotiation of time consciousness. Smyth illustrates how both poets manipulate a range of cultural narratives of t

List of contents

Introduction: Timely Readings of Modern Misreadings; Chapter 1 Cultural Narratives of Time; Chapter 2 Framing the Moment: Lydgate's Troy Book; Chapter 3 Relative Comparisons with The Fall of Princes; Chapter 4 Visualizing Multiple Beginnings: The Siege of Thebes; Chapter 5 Hoccleve's Living within Time: The Regiment of Princes; Chapter 6 Hoccleve's Temporal Unruliness: The Series; conclusion Conclusion: ‘As in tyme’;

About the author

Dr Karen Smyth is Lecturer in Medieval Literature at the University of East Anglia, UK

Summary

Through a series of close readings of selected short poems and Lydgate's Troy Book, Fall of Princes, and Siege of Thebes and of Hoccleve's Regiments of Princes and Series, Smyth looks at expressions of time and examples of the authors' negotiation of time consciousness. Smyth illustrates how both poets manipulate a range of cultural narratives of t

Product details

• Authors: Karen Elaine Smyth, Smyth Karen Elaine
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032928050
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92805-0
• No. of pages: 198
• Weight: 370 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; SCIENCE / History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Historiography, Historiography, History of Science, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval