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John Lydgate and the Poetics of Fame /

John Lydgate is arguably the most significant poet of fifteenth-century England, yet his position as Chaucer's literary successor and his role as a Lancastrian poet have come to overshadow his contributions to English literature. Here, ""fame"" is identified as the key to Ly...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Flannery, Mary C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontcover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I: Literary Contexts; Introduction; 1. Chaucerian Fame; 2. Fame and the Advisory Tradition; Part II: Lydgatean Fame; 3. Loose Tongues in Lydgate's England; 4. The Poet's Verdict; 5. Promotion and Self-Promotion; 6. Lydgate's Fortune in the House of Fame; Conclusion: Lydgatean Fame after the Fifteenth Century; Bibliography; Index; Backcover.