Hoccleve's Regement of Princes: The Poetics of Royal Self-Representation

Author / Editor
Pearsall, Derek.

Title
Hoccleve's Regement of Princes: The Poetics of Royal Self-Representation

Published
Speculum 69 (1994): 386-410.

Description
Argues that the autobiographical portion of Hoccleve's "Regement of Princes" and its "praise and portrait" of Chaucer indicate that the poem is part of a broader "program of kingly self-representation" undertaken by Henry, Prince of Wales, who sponsored Hoccleve. Includes analyses of the visual and verbal representations of Chaucer in Hoccleve's poem, focusing on historical contexts.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
Chaucer's Life