SOURCE: Ayers, R. W. “Medieval History, Moral Purpose, and the Structure of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes” Publications of the Modern Language Association 73, no. 5 (December 1958): 463-74.
In the following essay, Ayers argues that morality is at the heart of Lydgate's purpose in Siege of Thebes.
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