Thomas Hoccleve and the Politics of Tradition

Author / Editor
Bowers, John M.

Title
Thomas Hoccleve and the Politics of Tradition

Published
ChauR 36 : 352-69, 2002.

Description
Assesses why Hoccleve, the first person who attempted to establish Chaucer as the Father of English poetry, failed to "claim his own position as direct lineal heir in this literary genealogy."

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.