John Lydgate, Troy Book: Selections
By (author) John Lydgate Edited by Robert R. Edwards
Paperback (Published)
(March 1998)
ISBN: 9781879288997
7.01 x 10 inches
Price: $39.95
In stock
One of the most ambitious attempts in medieval vernacular poetry to recount the story of the Trojan war. John Lydgate, monk of the great Benedictine abbey of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, began composing the poem in October 1412 on commission from Henry, Prince of Wales, later King Henry V and he completed it in 1420.
To introduce John Lydgate’s landmark poem the Troy Book to students and non-specialist readers, the editor has selected the essential passages from the poem and bridges any gaps with textual summaries. Also included are an introduction, gloss, notes, and a glossary. John Lydgate, a monk of the great Benedictine abbey of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, began composing the poem, an ambitious attempt at recounting the Trojan War in Middle English, in October 1412 on commission from Henry, Prince of Wales (later King Henry V), and completed it in 1420. The poem is an interesting study for those interested in medieval approaches to classical sources, as well as for its often contradictory and complicated take on contemporary chivalry.
Preface Introduction Select Bibliography Troy Book Prologue Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Envoy Notes Glossary, Preface
Introduction
Select Bibliography
Prologue
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Book 5
Envoy
Glossary
- By (author) John Lydgate
- Edited by Robert R. Edwards
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Two Middle English Prayer Cycles
Holkham, "Prayers and Meditations" and Simon Appulby, "Fruyte of Redempcyon"
Guillaume de Machaut, The Complete Poetry and Music, Volume 1
The Debate Poems: Le Jugement dou Roy de Behaigne, Le Jugement dou Roy de Navarre, Le Lay de Plour
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