Poems
By: with an introduction, notes, and glossary by John Norton-Smith.
Contributors: Norton-Smith, John, ed.
Series: Clarendon medieval and Tudor series
Publisher: Clarendon P.
Published: 1966
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng; enm
Number of pages: 202
Description: John Lydgate's importance for the history of English literature is assured by his contribution to the literary culture of the fifteenth century. He maintained a Chaucerian ideal of style, applying poetic form to current events and diffusing literary and historical knowledge by means of his verse compilations. He was not so much a creator as a preserver, combining the functions of author, scribe and librarian.
Notes: Bibliography: p. xvi.