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1 online resource (xii, 297 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cambridge studies in medieval literature
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Cambridge studies in medieval literature.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-292) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: laureates and beggars -- Part I. Backgrounds -- Laureate poetics -- Part II. The First Lancastrian Poets -- John Lydgate: the invention of the English laureate -- Thomas Hoccleve: beggar laureate -- Part III. From Lancaster to Early Tudor -- Lydgateanism -- The trace of Lydgate: Stephen Hawes, Alexander Barclay, and John Skelton -- Epilogue: Sir Thomas Wyatt: anti-laureate. |
| Summary |
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 style and subject matter writing 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 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 it developed from the fourteenth century to Tudor times, tracing its evolution from one author to the next. This study illuminates the relationships between poets and political power and makes plain the tremendous impact this verse has had on the shape of English literary culture. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
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English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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Politics and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Politics and literature. |
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England. |
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History. |
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To 1500 |
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Politics and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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| Chronological Term |
16th century |
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To 1700 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Meyer-Lee, Robert John. Poets and power from Chaucer to Wyatt. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521863551 0521863554 (DLC) 2007296436 (OCoLC)71347558 |
| ISBN |
9780511270284 (electronic book) |
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0511270283 (electronic book) |
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0511269722 (electronic book) |
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9780511269721 (electronic book) |
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9780511483356 (electronic book) |
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051148335X (electronic book) |
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0521863554 (Cloth) |
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9780511268281 |
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9780521863551 (hardback) |
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