'Disgraces the name and patronage of his master Chaucer': Echoes and Reflections in Lydgate's Courtly Poetry

Author / Editor
Rossiter, William.

Title
'Disgraces the name and patronage of his master Chaucer': Echoes and Reflections in Lydgate's Courtly Poetry

Published
Kathleen A. Bishop, ed. Standing in the Shadow of the Master? Chaucerian Influences and Interpretations (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2010), pp. 2-27.

Description
In his courtly verse, Lydgate elevates Chaucer's established topoi and discourse to bolster his own unique reformations and enhancements of Chaucerian style.

Alternative Title
Standing in the Shadow of the Master?

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.