John Lydgate, The Siege of Thebes

By (author) John Lydgate Edited by Robert R. Edwards

Book cover: John Lydgate, The Siege of Thebes

Extent: 208 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2001)

ISBN: 9781580440745

7.01 x 10 inches

Price: $19.95

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PDF (Published)

(March 2001)

ISBN: 9781580444279

Price: $16.00

John Lydgate’s The Siege of Thebes, written c. 1421-22, is the only Middle English poetic text that recounts the fratricidal struggle between Oedipus’s sons Eteocles and Polynices as they contend for the lordship of Thebes. The text reflects the problem of poetic authority and the political and ethical themes of Lydgate’s poetic career in the 1420s, when he was writing as a Lancastrian propagandist and as unofficial royal poet.

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  • By (author) John Lydgate
  • Edited by Robert R. Edwards