John Lydgate and the Making of Public Culture (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature) [Hardcover]

Maura Nolan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521852986 | ISBN-13: 978-0521852982 | Publication Date: September 19, 2005

During the fifteenth century John Lydgate was the most famous poet in England, filling commissions for the court, the aristocracy, and the guilds. He wrote for an elite London readership that was historically very small, but that saw itself as dominating the cultural life of the nation. Thus the new literary forms and modes developed by Lydgate and his contemporaries helped shape the development of English public culture in the fifteenth century. Maura Nolan presents a major re-interpretation of Lydgate's work and of his central role in the developing literary culture of his time.

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John Lydgate articulated in his poetry, prose and translations many of the most serious political questions of his day. Lydgate wrote commissions for the court, the aristocracy, and the guilds. Maura Nolan offers a major re-interpretation of Lydgate's work and of his central role in the developing literary culture of the fifteenth century. Moreover, she provides a wholly new perspective on Lydgate's relationship to Chaucer, as he followed Chaucerian traditions while creating innovative new ways of addressing the public.

About the Author

Maura Nolan is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (September 19, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521852986
• ISBN-13: 978-0521852982
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,545,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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