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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Flannery, Mary C.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Sujets:
Lydgate, John, > 1370?-1451? > Criticism and interpretation.
Lydgate, John, > 1370?-1451?
1100 - 1500
Fame in literature.
English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Renommée dans la littérature.
Poésie anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Medieval.
English poetry > Middle English
Fame in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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