Langlandian Reading Circles and the Civil Service in London and Dublin, 1380-1427
- Author / Editor
- Kerby-Fulton, Kathryn,and Steven Justice.
Langlandian Reading Circles and the Civil Service in London and Dublin, 1380-1427
- Published
- New Medieval Literatures 01 (1997): 59-83.
- Description
- Argues that William Langland's readership may have been more like Chaucer's (and John Gower's) than has been assumed in the past, presenting evidence that readers of these authors included scribes and bureaucratic clerks such as Thomas Usk, Thomas Hoccleve, James le Palmer, John But, James Yonge, and others. These clerks make up the coteries of the poets.
- Contributor
- Justice, Steven.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.