Lydgate Matters : Poetry and Material Culture in the Fifteenth Century
1st ed. 2008
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
The New Middle Ages
ISBN-10
1349537365
ISBN-13
9781349537365
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 9th, 2008
Print length
223 Pages
Weight
300 grams
Dimensions
13.80 x 21.50 x 1.80 cms
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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.
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 aesthetic not only in late medieval society but also in our own.
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