The Poetry of John Lydgate (Routledge Library Editions: The Medieval World) - Softcover

Renoir, Alain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367206994 ISBN 13: 9780367206994

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

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 poetic craftsman that presents substantial literary form in his poetry. The analysis in the book looks at Lydgate as atypical of the Middle Ages, instead exhibiting traits currently linked to the Renaissance. The book provides a unique perspective on John Lydgate as a poet and will be of interest to medievalist and literary historians alike.

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Alain Renoir

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367206994
• ISBN 13: 9780367206994
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184