John Metham's 'Amoryus and Cleopes': Intertextuality and Innovation in a Chaucerian Poem

Author / Editor
Page, Stephen.

Title
John Metham's 'Amoryus and Cleopes': Intertextuality and Innovation in a Chaucerian Poem

Published
Chaucer Review 31 (1996): 201-8.

Description
The influence of Lydgate's "Troy Book" on Metham's work is often cited by critics. However, in terms of scene and tone, Metham is more indebted to Chaucer's TC and "Legend of Thisbe" (LGW) than to Lydgate.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
Troilus and Criseyde.
Legend of Good Women