Reading Lydgate's Troy Book: Patronage, Politics, and History in Lancastrian England.
- Author / Editor
- Fawsitt, Diana.
Reading Lydgate's Troy Book: Patronage, Politics, and History in Lancastrian England.
- Published
- Ph.D. Dissertation. University College Cork, 2014. Abstract accessible at https://cora.ucc.ie/items/988913c6-f62f-44c9-b3e9-e12145f20049 (accessed April 3, 2026).
- Physical Description
- vii, 252 pp.
- Description
- Examines Lydgate's "Troy Book" as "as a vehicle to propagate the idea that the House of Lancaster is the legitimate successor to King Richard II in order to smooth over the usurpation of 1399." Acknowledges that "Chaucer had a definitive impact on Lydgate's writing," that Lydgate "manipulate[s] this influence for his own ambitions," and that he "works to promote Chaucer's canon so that as Chaucer's successor, he will inherit more prestige."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion