| Description |
1 online resource |
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JSTOR EBA
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Background and Context -- 1. Patronage of Poetry / Carol Meale -- 2. Forms of Circulation / Simon Horobin -- pt. II Authors -- 3. Thomas Hoccleve / Sheila Lindenbaum -- 4. Thomas Hoccleve's Regiment of Princes / David Watt -- 5. John Lydgate's Major Poems / Robert Meyer-Lee -- 6. John Lydgate's Religious Poetry / Anthony Bale -- 7. John Lydgate's Shorter Secular Poems / Joanna Martin -- 8. John Capgrave and Osbern Bokenham: Verse Saints' Lives / Sarah James -- 9. Peter Idley and George Ashby / John Scattergood -- 10. John Audelay and James Ryman / Susanna Fein -- pt. III Themes and Genres -- 11. Fifteenth-Century Chaucerian Visions / Ad Putter -- 12. Historical and Political Verse / Alfred Hiatt -- 13. Classical and Humanist Translations / Daniel Wakelin -- 14. Romance / Andrew King -- 15. Scientific and Encyclopaedic Verse / Anke Timmermann -- 16. Popular Verse Tales / Julia Boffey -- 17. Beyond the Fifteenth Century / A.S.G. Edwards |
| Summary |
This collection of fourteen original essays by leading authorities offers, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the significant authors and important aspects of fifteenth-century English poetry. The major poets of the century, John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve, receive detailed analysis, alongside perhaps lesser-known authors: John Capgrave, Osbern Bokenham, Peter Idley, George Ashby and John Audelay. In addition, several essays examine genres and topics, including romance, popular, historical and scientific poetry, and translations from the classics. Other chapters investigate the c |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
English poetry -- 15th century -- History and criticism
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval.
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English poetry
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Boffey, Julia, editor.
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Edwards, A. S. G. (Anthony Stockwell Garfield), 1942- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781782041115 |
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1782041117 |
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