LYDGATE, JOHN

lĭdˈgāt, c.1370–c.1450, English poet, a monk of Bury St. Edmunds. A professed disciple of Chaucer, he was one of the most influential, voluminous, and versatile writers of the Middle Ages. His works may be divided into three classes: (1) poems written in the Chaucerian manner, such as the Complaint of the Black Knight, which resembles Chaucer's Book of the Duchess, and the allegory The Temple of Glass; (2) lengthy translations, of which the Troy Book (from the Latin of Guido della Colonna), The Fall of Princes (from the French of Laurent de Premierfait), and The Siege of Thebes (also from the French), are the best known; (3) short pieces, including fables, saints' lives, and devotional, philosophic, and occasional poems. After Lydgate's death his fame diminished rapidly. His poetry has been criticized for its prolixity and prosaic style.

See his Poems, ed. by J. Norton-Smith (1966); biography by L. A. Ebin (1985); study by D. A. Pearsall (1970).

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John Lydgate: A Study in the Culture of the XVth Century
Book by Walter F. Schirmer, Ann E. Keep; University of California Press, 1961
Subjects: Lydgate, John--1370?-1451?
...came -- in the case of Lydgate, William of Exeter...commonly assumed that Lydgate was prior of Hatfield...permission from Prior John to return to Bury St...and 1430 or 1432 Prior John Johannes Derham . This...priorate. 3 Apparently Lydgate lived at Hatfield only...
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The Glass of Form: Mirroring Structures from Chaucer to Skelton
Book by Anna Torti; D.S. Brewer, 1991
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey--d. 1400--Troilus and Criseyde, English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism, Hoccleve, Thomas--1370?-1450?--De regimine principum, Lydgate, John--1370?-1451?--Temple of glas, Mirrors in literature, Rhetoric, Medieval, Skelton, John--1460?-1529--Criticism and interpretation
...1976 , pp. 171-6. 4 J. Norton-Smith, ed., John Lydgate: Poems Oxford, 1966 , p. 177; all quotations of the Temple of Glas are from this edition. 5 D. Pearsall, John Lydgate London, 1970 , p. 107. 6 Pearsall J. Lydgate , p...
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John Skelton and Poetic Authority: Defining the Liberty to Speak
Book by Jane Griffiths; Clarendon Press, 2006
Subjects: Authority In Literature, Liberty In Literature, Poetry--Authorship--History--16th Century, Skelton, John--1460?-1529--Criticism And Interpretation
...Scotland, Tbe Kingis Quair, ed. John Norton-Smith (Oxford: Clarendon...Clarendon Press, 1904), i. 63-86. Lydgate, John, Reson and Sensuctllyte, ed. Ernst...7). - The Minor Poems of jobn Lydgate, ed. H. N. MacCracken, Part...
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John Bunyan: The Man and His Works
Book by Henri Talon; Harvard University Press, 1951
Subjects: Bunyan, John--1628-1688, Fiction
...faith, 154 , 187 , 196 , 223 Locke, John, 265 Locock, Katharine B., 171...236 Lots wife, 152 , 319 Lowes, John Livingston, 134 note , 172 , 214...note , 228 , 259 , 271 -9, 298 -9 Lydgate, John, 171 note MACAULAY, T. B., 3...
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John Dryden: Some Biographical Facts and Problems
Book by James M. Osborn; Columbia University Press, 1940
Subjects: Dryden, John--1631-1700, Dryden, John--1631-1700--Bibliography, Fiction
...Linstead Lodge, Kent, 203 Liston, John, 147 Locke, John, 130 Lockhart, John Gibson Life of Scott , 72, 73, 81, 144 Lockier...Lyceant successor to Drydens in Gerrard St. , 197 Lydgate, John, 227 Lysons, Daniel, 42 Environs of London...
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John Lydgate: Poetry, Culture, and Lancastrian England
Journal article by Nigel Mortimer; Medium Aevum, Vol. 76, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, John Lydgate: Poetry, Culture, and Lancastrian England (Book)--Book reviews
John Lydgate: Poetry, Culture, and Lancastrian England. by Nigel Mortimer John Lydgate: Poetry, Culture, and Lancastrian...Dullness and the fifteenth century. John Lydgate: Poetry, Culture, and Lancastrian...
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Print Culture and the Medieval Author: Chaucer, Lydgate, and Their Books, 1473-1557
Journal article by Martha W. Driver; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Print Culture and the Medieval Author: Chaucer, Lydgate, and Their Books, 1473-1557 (Book)--Book reviews
...reputation of the medieval poet John Lydgate, for whom, as she reminds...a book" (63); that John Rastell in his ca. 1525...examines printed editions of Lydgate, focusing on Lydgates...with Reformation writer John Foxe writing approvingly...
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John Lydgate. Mummings and Entertainments
Journal article by Roger A. Ladd; Comparative Drama, Vol. 44, 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Mummings and Entertainments (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
John Lydgate. Mummings and Entertainments. by Roger A. Ladd John Lydgate. Mummings and Entertainments. Ed...15.00. The desire to read or teach John Lydgate can be challenging because there are...
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Heroism and Organicism in the Case of Lydgate
Journal article by William Deresiewicz; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 38, 1998
Subjects: Eliot, George--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Middlemarch (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...and even more, that of Lydgate, are seen as implicit...but Thomas Aquinas, John Milton, Andreas Vesalius...only for cases, but for John and Elizabeth, especially...Elizabeth" (p. 174). 8 Lydgate is not the only figure...has Thomas Aquinas and John Milton, Will has Lord...
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Queen Katherine and the Secret of Lydgate's Temple of Glas
Journal article by J. Allan Mitchell; Medium Aevum, Vol. 77, 2008
Subjects: Catherine of Valois, Queen of England--Portrayals, Lydgate, John--Works, Poets--Works, Queens--Portrayals, Temple of Glas (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...these posthumous encounters aside, John Lydgate the monk of Bury St Edmunds (c...written by an ordained priest, John Lydgate, and while it may be disputed...and the Lancastrian Lydgate, in John Lydgate: Poetry, Culture, and Lancastrian...
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Where There's Muck There's Brass
Magazine article by John Amis; Musical Opinion, Vol. 131, September 2007
Where Theres Muck Theres Brass by John Amis Ive been looking at the snapshots I took at a music-religious...with such resounding names as Diggle, Doberiss, Friezland, Lydgate, Greenfield, Delph and Uppermill, now have empty or converted...
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Literature and Heresy in the Age of Chaucer
Magazine article by Simon Yarrow; History Today, Vol. 59, June 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Literature and Heresy in the Age of Chaucer (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...canon, including William Langland, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Lydgate and Margery Kempe. Cole disagrees with a tradition...ideas of eucharistic theology enriched the poetry of John Lydgate and how the ambiguous status of Lollard abjurers in...
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Artistic Lettering
Magazine article by Guy Hubbard; Arts & Activities, Vol. 139, March 2006
Subjects: Art, Islamic--History, Calligraphy--History, Calligraphy--Study and teaching, Islamic art and symbolism--History, Islamic art--History
...pages were left undecorated. Reproduction of an Illuminated Initial from a Page of The Life of St. Edmund, 1433, by John Lydgate (England). Image c Stapleton Collection/CORBIS. Double-page colophon (left side) from the Anonymous Baghdad...
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Britain 1400
Magazine article by Nigel Saul; History Today, Vol. 50, July 2000
Subjects: Black death--History, England--14th century
...bunch. Thomas Hoccleve, author of The Regement of Princes (1411-12), was the most accomplished of them, and John Lydgate, a monk of Bury St Edmunds, the most prolific; in Scotland James I (r.1406-37), author of The Kingis Quair...
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Scot Press: As Scotland Celebrates Five Hundred Years of Printing, Martin Moonie's Investigations into the Earliest Printed Books in Scots Leads Him on a Trail to Paris
Magazine article by Martin Moonie; History Today, Vol. 58, June 2008
Subjects: Book printing--History, Scottish history
...century. It contains pieces by Robert Henryson and William Dunbar, together with material from the English author John Lydgate and others. The earliest dateable text within the collection was printed in 1508 and it is on the basis of this evidence...
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A Knight's Tale; Love and War: First Scots Book Was about a Knight's Romance John Lydgate: Medieval Best Seller
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 22, 2008
...about a Knights Romance John Lydgate: Medieval Best Seller...Godsword. Instead, Brother John Lydgates thoughts were...thatwould establish him as the John Grisham of his day. For...Linotype machine. And it was Lydgate who began it all. Born...
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It's Snow Problem to Save Couple's Big Day; Round Table Action Saves Wedding Party
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), December 28, 2009
...style rescue operation. RAF man John McAdorey, from Cardiff, and...unable to get to the reception. John, 25, and his bride Rachel...meant the road to the White Hart Lydgate in Saddleworth,was barely passable. John, an RAF engineer from Cardiff...
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QUIET PLEASE! from the Bawdy Works of Burns to a Tiny Version of the Koran, the Whispered Secrets of Scotland's National Library Are Uncovered
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 28, 2009
...first effort was this romantic poem by John Lydgate. Only nine of their books survive...respected London-based Scots publisher John Murray from 1768 to the 1920s. It...1926 about little-known engineer John Logie Bairds invention, the Televisor...
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Quoth the Parrot, Nevermore?
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 11, 2004
Subjects: Poe, Edgar Allan
...was then called. Hence the 15th-century English poet John Lydgate hailed the Virgin Mary as "a popynjay, plumed in clennesse...oddly enduring cultural motif of the Dead Parrot. From John James Audubon - who shot now-extinct Carolina parakeets...
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Works from the Shed Proves an Entertaining Visual Mix
Newspaper article; The Chronicle (Toowoomba, Australia), November 13, 2010
...around thegalleries with Sandy Pottinger sandypottinger @bigpond.com COMPARISONS may be odious, as the medieval poet John Lydgate suggested with reference to horses, geese and sheep, but comparisons can also be provocative, and inevitable. Add...
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encyclopedia articles on: Lydgate John  - 2 results

 
 
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Lydgate, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LYDGATE, JOHN lid gat, c.1370 c.1450, English poet, a monk of Bury St. Edmunds. A professed disciple of Chaucer, he was one of the...
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Middle English Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...but of some note are the works of John Gower . The Fifteenth Century The...imitators of Chaucer the best-known are John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve . Other poets...and Gawin Douglas . The poetry of John Skelton , which is mostly satiric...


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