John Lydgate and the Making of Public Culture
Maura Nolan (Author)
Inspired by the example of Chaucer and Gower, John Lydgate articulated the great political questions of his time in his poetry, prose and translations. Maura Nolan offers a major re-interpretation of Lydgate's work, his relationship to Chaucer, and his central role in the developing literary culture of the fifteenth century.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (292 pages)
9780511483387, 9780521852982, 9780521115001, 0511483384, 0521852986, 0521115000
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Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Tragic history: Lydgate's Serpent of Division; 2. Social forms, literary contents: Lydgate's mummings; 3. Tragedy and comedy: Lydgate's disguisings and public poetry; 4. Spectacular culture: the Roman triumph; Bibliography; Index.