Imaginings of Time in Lydgate and Hoccleve's Verse

by Karen Elaine Smyth

Using empirical research to explore medieval writers' imaginings of time, this study presents a new morphology by which to study narratives of time in fifteenth-century literary culture, focusing on poems of John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve. Karen Smyth begins with an overview of medieval time-keeping devices and considers collective and individual attitudes and perceptions of time. She then examines a range of Middle English authors' appropriations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032928050
• ISBN13: 9781032928050
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages