The Court of Richard II.
- Author / Editor
- Mathew, Gervase.
The Court of Richard II.
- Published
- London: John Murray, 1968.
- Physical Description
- x, 227 pp.; 31 b&w illus.
- Description
- Political and social history of court life during the reign of Richard II, with emphasis on art and literature. Includes a chapter pertaining to Chaucer (pp. 62-73) and recurrently attends to his relations with contemporaneous poets Thomas Usk, Thomas Hoccleve, John Gower, and William Langland. The chapter describes Chaucer's court life and comments on his poetry as it relates to Richard's court and contemporary events and outlooks.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Chaucer's Life
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusiojn