Lydgate's Jailbird

Author / Editor
Sparks, Corey.

Title
Lydgate's Jailbird

Published
SAC 36 (2014): 77-101.

Description
Reads "The Churl and the Bird" as John Lydgate's self-conscious rumination on "the poetic and philosophical implications" of willfully refusing to accept confinement. Includes comments on SqT, ManT, and Chaucer's influence on Lydgate.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Squire and His Tale
Manciple and His Tale