Many a Song and Many a Leccherous Lay : Tradition and Individuality in Chaucer's Lyric Poetry

Author / Editor
Ruud, Jay.

Title
Many a Song and Many a Leccherous Lay : Tradition and Individuality in Chaucer's Lyric Poetry

Published
New York: Garland, 1992.

Physical Description
xii, 338 pp.

Description
Chaucer's lyrics have been neglected not because Chaucer was an incompetent lyric poet but because they have been overshadowed by his narrative poetry. Ruud introduces the lyrics to those not familiar with them, providing a separate "reading" of each poem. Notes summarize critical debates and interpretive cruces for each poem, and the arrangement of chapters enables the reader to trace Chaucer's development as a lyric poet. The final chapter deals
with the place and importance of Chaucer's lyrics in the Chaucer canon.

Chaucer Subjects
Lyrics and Short Poems.