A Companion to Fifteenth-Century English Poetry

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-84384-430-3
Verlag: Early English Text Society

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boffey, Julia

Edwards, A S G

Weitere Mitwirkende

Edwards, A. S. G.

Putter, Ad

Hiatt, Alfred

King, Andrew

Timmermann, Anke

Bale, Anthony

Meale, Carol

Wakelin, Daniel

Watt, David

Martin, Joanna

Scattergood, John

Boffey, Julia

Meyer-Lee, Robert J

James, Sarah

Lindenbaum, Sheila

Horobin, Simon

Fein, Susanna

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - A S G Edwards
The Patronage of Poetry - Carol Meale
Forms of Circulation - Simon Horobin
Thomas Hoccleve - Sheila Lindenbaum
Thomas Hoccleve's Regiment of Princes - David Watt
John Lydgate's Major Poems - Robert J Meyer-Lee
John Lydgate's Religious Poetry - Anthony Bale
John Lydgate's Shorter Secular Poems - Joanna Martin
John Capgrave and Osbern Bokenham: Verse Saints' Lives - Sarah James
Peter Idley and George Ashby - John Scattergood
John Audelay and James Ryman - Susanna Fein
Fifteenth-Century Chaucerian Visions - Ad Putter
Historical and Political Verse - Alfred Hiatt
Classical and Humanist Translations - Daniel Wakelin
Romance - Andrew King
Scientific and Encyclopaedic Verse - Anke Timmermann
Popular Verse Tales - Julia Boffey
Beyond the Fifteenth Century - A S G Edwards

Über Autor(innen)

Boffey, Julia
JULIA BOFFEY is Professor of Medieval Studies in the Department of English at Queen Mary University of London.

Edwards, A. S. G.
A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Putter, Ad
Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations.

Boffey, Julia
JULIA BOFFEY is Professor of Medieval Studies in the Department of English at Queen Mary University of London.

Edwards, A S G
A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Watt, David
David Watt is Associate Professor in the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media at the University of Manitoba and a fellow of St. John's College. He has written extensively on Hoccleve's Series as well as articles on late medieval literature and book history.