328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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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. The book analyses Lydgate’s background in literary tradition and compares this with Chaucer’s work. The book looks at Lydgate as a professional... Read more
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
Biography
Derek Pearsall
