Republican Chaucer: Lucan, Lucrece, and the Legend of Good Women

The life and work of the Roman poet Lucan functions as an important intertext for Chaucer's . It demonstrates that the and the were widely available in medieval Europe and that Chaucer likely used both sources in both the Prologue to the and the “Legend of Lucrece.” Chaucer uses Lucan as a mode...

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Published in:Comparative literature 2017-06, Vol.69 (2), p.160-180
Main Author: Arner, Timothy D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1340?-1400)
Intertextuality
Literary Criticism
Literary Theory
Literature and Literary Studies
Lucan (39-65)
Medieval literature
Middle English
Poetics
Poetry
Poets
Political dissent
Royalty
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Summary:The life and work of the Roman poet Lucan functions as an important intertext for Chaucer's . It demonstrates that the and the were widely available in medieval Europe and that Chaucer likely used both sources in both the Prologue to the and the “Legend of Lucrece.” Chaucer uses Lucan as a model for critiquing Richard II and illustrating the problem of tyrannical monarchy. The article demonstrates the presence of republican poetics and thought in fourteenth-century England.
ISSN:0010-4124
1945-8517
DOI:10.1215/00104124-3865383