Humanism, Reading, & English Literature 1430-1530

Humanism is usually thought to come to England in the early sixteenth century. In this book, however, Daniel Wakelin uncovers the almost unknown influences of humanism on English literature in the preceding hundred years. He considers the humanist influences on the reception of some of Chaucer''s work and on the work of important authors such as Lydgate, Bokenham, Caxton, and Medwall, and in many ...