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John Lydgate

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John Lydgate Quotes
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John Lydgate ( 1370 – 1449 ) was an English poet and translator. He is considered one of the leading English poets of the 15th century, and in his own day was often ranked alongside his master, Geoffrey Chaucer . Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 The Fall of...


Biography

Name: John Lydgate
Birth Date: c. 1370
Death Date: 1449
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: poet, monk

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Biography of John Lydgate
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The English poet John Lydgate (ca. 1370-1449) ranks as one of the most prolific, versatile writers of the Middle Ages. Little is known of John Lydgate's life. He was a professed disciple of Geoffrey Chaucer, and for many years his fame rivaled...
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Biography of John Lydgate
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When John Lydgate died in the middle of the fifteenth century, he had long been the most important and most sought-after poet of his time. Geoffrey Chaucer had died in 1400, John Gower in 1408, and the only poet of his own generation with whom he can...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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John Lydgate Information
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John Lydgate of Bury (c. 1370 – c. 1451)[1] was a monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk,...


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John Lydgate: Poetry, Culture, and Lancastrian England.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
03/22/2007: 359 words, approx. 1 pages
John Lydgate: Poetry, Culture, and Lancastrian England, ed. Larry Scanlon and James Simpson (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006). vi + 314 pp. ISBN 0-268-04115-6, $65.00 (hard covers); ISBN 0-268-04116-4, $30.00 (p/b). This impressive and significant collection (the first such on...
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The Boston Public Library Manuscript Of John Lydgate's Siege Of Thebes: Its Scottish Owners And Inscriptions.
03/22/2001: 7,303 words, approx. 24 pages
John Lydgate's Siege of Thebes has received increasing attention in recent years: scholars have debated its date of composition (probably in 1421), its conception as an additional 'Canterbury Tale', and, above all, its structure and precise significance.(1) The poem was certainly popular with medieval...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Lois Ebin
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In the following essay, Ebin argues that Lydgate developed a new critical language to describe his craft, that his view of poetry differs substantially from that of his English predecessors, and that his language points to the beginnings of a new English poetic.
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Critical Essay by A. C. Spearing
11,891 words, approx. 40 pages
In the following essay, Spearing examines the nature of Lydgate's attitude towards and indebtedness to his great contemporary Geoffrey Chaucer in The Siege of Thebes and goes on to identify the shortcomings and merits of the work.
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Critical Essay by R. W. Ayers
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In the following essay, Ayers argues that morality is at the heart of Lydgate's purpose in Siege of Thebes.
 


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