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John Lydgate: The Siege of Thebes (Paperback)
Imprint: Medieval Institute Publications
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9781580440745
Published: 28th February 2001
Casemate UK Academic
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9781580440745
Published: 28th February 2001
Casemate UK Academic
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John Lydgate’s The Siege of Thebes, written c. 1421–22, is the only Middle English poetic text that recounts the fratricidal struggle between Oedipus’s sons Eteocles and Polynices as they contend for the lordship of Thebes. The text reflects the problem of poetic authority and the political and ethical themes of Lydgate’s poetic career in the 1420s, when he was writing as a Lancastrian propagandist and as unofficial royal poet.
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