Poets and Power from Chaucer to Wyatt
In the early fifteenth century, English poets responded to a changed climate of patronage, instituted by Henry IV and successor monarchs, by inventing a new tradition of public and elite poetry. Following Chaucer and others, Hoccleve and Lydgate brought to English verse a new style and subject matter to write about their King, nation, and themselves, and their innovations influenced a continuous line of poets running through and beyond Wyatt. A crucial aspect of this new tradition is its development of ideas and practices associated with the role of poet laureate. Robert J. Meyer-Lee examines the nature and significance of this tradition as…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-521-86355-1
- EAN: 9780521863551
- Produktnummer: 2896862
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 316 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.3 cm 640 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 640
Über den Autor
Robert J. Meyer-Lee is Assistant Professor of English at Goshen College.
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