This collection of seventeen original essays by leading authorities
offers, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the
significant authors and important aspects of fifteenth-century
English poetry. This collection of seventeen original essays by
leading authorities offers, for the first time, a comprehensive
overview of the significant authors and important aspects of
fifteenth-century English poetry. The major poets of thecentury,
John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve, receive detailed analysis,
alongside perhaps lesser-known authors: John Capgrave, Osbern
Bokenham, Peter Idley, George Ashby and John Audelay. In addition,
several essays examine genres and topics, including romance,
popular, historical and scientific poetry, and translations from
the classics. Other chapters investigate the crucial contexts for
approaching poetry of this period: manuscript circulation,
patronageand the influence of Chaucer. Julia Boffey is Professor of
Medieval Studies at Queen Mary, University of London; A.S.G.
Edwards is Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of
Kent. Contributors: Anthony Bale, Julia Boffey, A.S.G. Edwards,
Susanna Fein, Alfred Hiatt, Simon Horobin, Sarah James, Andrew
King, Sheila Lindenbaum, Joanna Martin, Carol Meale, Robert
Meyer-Lee, Ad Putter, John Scattergood, Anke Timmermann,
DanielWakelin, David Watt.
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