Lydgate Matters
. Ed(S): Cooper, L; Denny-Brown, A
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Description for Lydgate Matters
Paperback. Editor(s): Cooper, L; Denny-Brown, A. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HBJD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This collection re-evaluates the work of fifteenth-century poet John Lydgate in light of medieval material culture. Top scholars in the field unite here with critical newcomers to offer fresh perspectives on the function of poetry on the cusp of the modern age, and in particular on the way that poetry speaks to the heightened relevance of material goods and possessions to the formation of late medieval identity and literary taste. Advancing in provocative ways the emerging fields of fifteenth-century literary and cultural study, the volume as a whole explores the role of the ... Read more
This collection re-evaluates the work of fifteenth-century poet John Lydgate in light of medieval material culture. Top scholars in the field unite here with critical newcomers to offer fresh perspectives on the function of poetry on the cusp of the modern age, and in particular on the way that poetry speaks to the heightened relevance of material goods and possessions to the formation of late medieval identity and literary taste. Advancing in provocative ways the emerging fields of fifteenth-century literary and cultural study, the volume as a whole explores the role of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Series
The New Middle Ages
Number of Pages
223
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349537365
SKU
V9781349537365
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Cooper, L; Denny-Brown, A
LISA H. COOPER is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. ANDREA DENNY BROWN is Assistant Professor of English at the University of California-Riverside, USA.
Reviews for Lydgate Matters
'Lydgate scholars are back in town. This stylish posse takes aim at the following: medieval London's wealthy oligarchies, its eateries, the sewage systems, the laundromats, trade unions, and the multimedia outlets. The action is brisk and invigorating, the aim startlingly accurate. Each sharpshooter in this this superb collection holds his or her own.' -James Simpson, Douglas P. and ... Read more