184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1967, The Poetry of John Lydgate presents a broad discussion of John Lydgate’s secular poetry. It reassesses much of the poetry through critical examination and suggests that Lydgate was not necessarily the master that the medieval ages proclaimed him to be, nor the plain poet that he is often seen as in modern analysis. Instead, the book suggest that he was a competent... Read more
Preface
1. Opinions About Lydgate
2. The Opinions Reconsidered
3. The Period of Transition
4. The Medieval Tradition
5. Classical Antiquity
6. The Paragon of Animals
7. The Nation and the Prince
8. The Story of Thebes
9. Another Point of View
Notes
Index
Biography
Alain Renoir
