Author: John LydgatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Lydgate's Temple of Glas
Author: John LydgatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Venus (Roman deity)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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The temple of glas
Author: John LydgatePublisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The Temple of Glas takes the form of an elusive and suspenseful-but for that reason all the more sensational-dream vision that demands close attention to detail and the dynamic way in which the meaning of events unfolds. Seducing readers with possibilities remains what the poem does best, and that special magnetism speaks not only to the provenance and textual history of Lydgate's text but also to its literary qualities.
John Lydgate
Author: Larry ScanlonPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A range of essays on Lydgate and his work which challenge preconceived notions of the quality and nature of Lydgate's writing
Lydgate's Reson and Sensuallyte
Author: John LydgatePublisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Lydgate and Burgh's Secrees of Old Philisoffres
Author: AristotelesLydgate's Fall of Princes
Author: John LydgateLydgate and Burgh's Secrees of Old Philisoffres
Author: John LydgatePublisher:
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Category : Education of princes
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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The Fall of Princes
Author: Robert GoolrickPublisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616205385
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
“A heart-wrenching, beautiful, darkly comic, deeply necessary tale that stuns again and again with razor-sharp prose and glittering wit. Robert Goolrick is, without question, one of the greatest storytellers of our time.” —Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger’s Wife In the spellbinding new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Goolrick, 1980s Manhattan shimmers like the mirage it was, as money, power, and invincibility seduce a group of young Wall Street turks. Together they reach the pinnacle, achieving the kind of wealth that grants them access to anything--and anyone. Until, one by one, they fall. Goolrick’s literary chops are on full display, painting an authentic portrait of a hedonistic era, tense and stylish, perfectly mixing adrenaline and melancholy. Stunning in its acute observations about great wealth and its absence, and deeply moving in its depiction of the ways in which these men learn to cope with both extremes, it’s a true tour de force. “An addictive slice of semiautobiographical fiction . . . Goolrick vividly plumbs the depths of fortune and regret. The result is a compulsively readable examination of the highs and lows of life in the big city.” —Publishers Weekly “A compelling, wholly seductive narrative voice . . . Goolrick’s stellar prose infuses this redemption story with a good deal of depth and despair, making it read like the literary version of The Wolf of Wall Street.” —Booklist “A dark, intoxicating morality tale . . . With his impeccable prose, Goolrick focuses his unflinching eye on the grittiness beneath the sleek facade of nightclubs, fashion, and monied Manhattan extravagance. Beautifully crafted, seductive, and provocative.” —Garth Stein, author of A Sudden Light and The Art of Racing in the Rain
Medieval Venuses and Cupids
Author: Theresa TinklePublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804764808
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Medieval Venuses and Cupids analyses the transformations of the love deities in later Middle English Chaucerian poetry, academic Latin discourses on classical myth (including astrology, natural philosophy, and commentaries on classical Roman literature), and French conventions that associate Venus and Cupid with Ovidian arts of love. Whereas existing studies of Venus and Cupid contend that they always and everywhere represent two loves (good and evil), the author argues that medieval discourses actually promulgate diverse, multiple, and often contradictory meanings for the deities. The book establishes the range of meanings bestowed on the deities through the later Middle Ages, and draws on feminist and cultural theories to offer new models for interpreting both academic Latin discourses and vernacular poetry.
The Poetry of John Lydgate
Author: Alain RenoirPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429558007
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Originally published in 1967, The Poetry of John Lydgate presents a broad discussion of John Lydgate’s secular poetry. It reassesses much of the poetry through critical examination and suggests that Lydgate was not necessarily the master that the medieval ages proclaimed him to be, nor the plain poet that he is often seen as in modern analysis. Instead, the book suggest that he was a competent poetic craftsman that presents substantial literary form in his poetry. The analysis in the book looks at Lydgate as atypical of the Middle Ages, instead exhibiting traits currently linked to the Renaissance. The book provides a unique perspective on John Lydgate as a poet and will be of interest to medievalist and literary historians alike.