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John Lydgate's Fall of Princes: Narrative Tragedy in its Literary and Political Contexts - Oxford English Monographs Mortimer, Nigel (Assistant Head and Head of English, Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh)
John Lydgate's Fall of Princes: Narrative Tragedy in its Literary and Political Contexts - Oxford English Monographs
Mortimer, Nigel (Assistant Head and Head of English, Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh)
"The Fall of Princes", a collection of nearly 500 tragic narratives, is the masterwork of John Lydgate, an admired English poet of the fifteenth century. This book examines Lydgate's manipulations of his source materials, the poet's relationship to his political context, and his importance in the evolution of tragic writing in England.
378 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 18, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199275014 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 378 |
| Dimensions | 146 × 224 × 26 mm · 625 g |
| Language | English |