The Seige of Thebes: Lydgate's Canterbury Tale
- Author / Editor
- Allen, Rosamund S.
The Seige of Thebes: Lydgate's Canterbury Tale
- Published
- Julia Boffey and Janet Cowen, eds. Chaucer and Fifteenth-Century Poetry. King's College London Medieval Studies, no. 5 (London: King's College Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies, 1991), pp. 122-42.
- Description
- Reads Seige as an attempt to provide CT with "a sense of closure and completeness" by supplying the tale of Thebes to balance the plot, style, and themes of KnT. The poem capitalizes on the popularity of CT and acknowledges Chaucer's greatness.
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer and Fifteenth-Century Poetry.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.