John Lydgate and the Poetics of Fame
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An examination of the subject of "fame" in Lydgate, showing it as central to his work.
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 Lydgate''s authorial self-fashioning in Cha...
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 Lydgate''s authorial self-fashioning in Cha...
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An examination of the subject of "fame" in Lydgate, showing it as central to his work.
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 Lydgate''s authorial self-fashioning in Cha...
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 Lydgate''s authorial self-fashioning in Cha...
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