Portrait of a Poet
- Author / Editor
- Gaylord, Alan T.
Portrait of a Poet
- Published
- Martin Stevens and Daniel Woodward, eds. The Ellesmere Chaucer: Essays in Interpretation (San Marino, Calif.: Huntington Library; Tokyo: Yushodo, 1995), pp. 121-42.
- Physical Description
- 10 b&w illus.
- Description
- Similarities between Thomas Hoccleve's portrait of Chaucer in "Regement of Princes" and the Ellesmere portrait do not confirm speculations that the artists were drawing from life.
- Rather, similarities in subject matter between "Regement" and Mel, where the Ellesmere portrait appears, indicate that the figure is an icon of good counsel, a major theme of Mel.
- Alternative Title
- The Ellesmere Chaucer: Essays in Interpretation.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Tale of Melibee.