Lydgate's Use of Chaucer: Structure, Strategy, and Style

Author / Editor
Edwards, A. S. G.

Title
Lydgate's Use of Chaucer: Structure, Strategy, and Style

Published
Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses 10 (1985): 175-82.

Description
Early in his career Lydgate borrowed from Chaucer for particular effects: echoes of GP appear in "The Siege of Thebes." In his later career Lydgate tried to create a Latin-derived poetic language linked to Chaucer.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.