The Middle English Lyrics in Their European Context.
- Author / Editor
- Whitehead, Christiania.
The Middle English Lyrics in Their European Context.
- Published
- Raluca Radulescu and Sif Rikhardsdottir, eds. The Routledge Companion to Medieval English Literature (New York: Routledge, 2022), pp. 332-44.
- Description
- Examines "Middle English lyric writing before and after Chaucer, assessing its evolving relationship to the Continent" and interactions between sacred and secular within the genre. Analyzes Chaucer's (and his successor's") uses of French lyric formes fixes, and assesses the "cross-fertilizations" of courtly sentiments, religious verse, and liturgy in Middle English lyrics.
- Alternative Title
- The Routledge Companion to Medieval English Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Lyrics and Short Poems
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations