Toward a Poetics of the Late Medieval Court Lyric
- Author / Editor
- Olson, Glending.
Toward a Poetics of the Late Medieval Court Lyric
- Published
- Lois Ebin, ed. Vernacular Poetics in the Middle Ages (Kalamazoo: Western Michigan University Press, Medieval Institute Publications, 1984), pp. 227-48.
- Description
- Discusses lyric genres of Machaut, Froissart, Chaucer, and others to show that late-medieval society saw lyrics as "recreation, as conversation, as personal expression, as music." Treats TC, BD, GP, Buk, Purse, Truth, and Sted.
- Alternative Title
- Vernacular Poetics in the Middle Ages.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Lyrics and Short Poems.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.