John Lydgate

Biographie

Né vers 1370 — Mort vers 1450

Moine bénédictin

Bibliographie

1. The Fall of Princes

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   Langue:	Anglais
   Contenu:	Traduction du De casibus virorum illustrium de Giovanni Boccaccio
   Incipit:	[Book I: Prologue] Here begynneth the book callyd I. Bochas descriuyng the fall of Pryncys pryncessys and othir nobles translatid in to Inglissh by Iohn Ludgate monke of the monastery of seynt Edmundes Bury atte commaundement of the worthi prynce Humfrey duk of Gloucestre begynnyng at Adam and endyng with kyng Iohne take prisonere in Fraunce bi prynce Edward. He that whilom dede his diligence the book of Bochas in Frensh to translate out of Latyn, he callid was Lawrence; the yme trewli remembrid and the date...
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   Source: Pour la liste complète, voir Bergen 1923-1927, t. 4.
   1. London, British Library, Sloane, 2452
   2. London, British Library, Sloane, 4031
   3. Princeton, University Library, Garrett, 139
   4. Princeton, University Library, Taylor Medieval, 2 |N|
   5. ...
   Éditions anciennes
   • Richard Pynson, 1494
   • Richard Pynson, 1527
   • Richard Tottel, 1554
   • John Wayland, s. d.
   Éditions modernes
   • Lydgate's Fall of Princes, Edited by Henry Bergen, Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington (Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications, 262), 1923, 3 t., lxv + 1044; 1927, viii + 529 + 7 p.
   Études
   • Dwyer, Richard A., « Arthur's stellification in the Fall of Princes », Philological Quarterly, 57:2, 1978, p. 155-171. [PAO]
   • Edwards, A. S. G., « Selections from Lydgate's Fall of Princes: a checklist », The Library, 5^e série, 26, 1971, p. 337-342.
   • Edwards, A. S. G., « The influence of Lydgate's Fall of Princes c. 1440-1559: a survey », Mediaeval Studies, 39, 1977, p. 424-439.
   • Hammond, E. P., « Poet and patron in the Fall of Princes: Lydgate and Humphrey Duke of Gloucester », Anglia, 38, 1914, p. 121-136.
   • Koeppel, Emil, Laurents de Premierfait und John Lydgates Bearbeitungen von Boccaccios "De casibus virorum illustrium": ein Beitrag zur Litteraturgeschichte des 15. Jahrhunderts, München, Oldenbourg, 1885, [iii] + 112 p. [GB]
   • Mortimer, Nigel, « Selections from Lydgate's Fall of Princes: a corrected checklist », The Library, 6^e série, 17, 1995, p. 342-344.
   • Mortimer, Nigel, John Lydgate's "Fall of Princes": Narrative Tragedy in its Literary and Political Contexts, Oxford, Clarendon Press (Oxford English Monographs), 2005, xvi + 360 p.

2. Life of Saint Edmund, King and Martyr

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   Éditions modernes
   • The Life of St Edmund, King and Martyr: John Lydgate's Illustrated Verse Life, Presented to Henry VI. A Facsimile of British Library MS Harley 2278. Introduction by A. S. G. Edwards, London, British Library, 2004, 23 + 240 p.
     CR: Stephen R. Reimer, dans The Medieval Review, 06.11.08. * [TMR]
   Études

3. The Temple of Glass

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   Éditions modernes
   • John Lydgate, The Temple of Glass, éd. J. Allan Mitchell, Kalamazoo, Medieval Institute Publications (TEAMS Middle English Texts), 2007, viii + 95 p.
     CR: Fritz Kemmler, dans The Medieval Review, 08.10.19. * [TMR]
   Études

4. The Daunce of Machabree

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   Forme:	672 vers répartis en 84 huitains
   Langue:	Anglais
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   Incipit:	The Daunce of Machabree wherein is liuely expressed and shewed the state of manne and howe he is called at vncertain tymes by death, and when he thinketh least thereon: made by thaforesayde Dan John Lydgate Monke of Bury.    [The Prologe] Oye folkes hard hearted as a stone, whiche to this worlde geue al your aduertence, lyke as it should euer lasten in one, — where is your wit, where is your prouidence...
   Explicit:	... Rude of langage, I was not borne in France, — Haue me excused , my name is Iohn Lidgate; of ther tong I haue no suffisance, her curious miters in Englishe to translate.

   Manuscrits
   1. London, British Library, Harley, 116
   2. London, British Library, Lansdowne, 669
   3. ...
   Éditions modernes
   • éd. Tottel
   • Lydgate's Fall of Princes, Edited by Henry Bergen, Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington (Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications, 262), 1923, 3 t., lxv + 1044; 1927, viii + 529 + 7 p. (t. 3, p. 1025-1044)
   Études

5. The Life of Our Lady

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   1. London, Society of Antiquaries of London, 134, f. 1-30
   2. Manchester, Chetham's Library, A.4.104
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   Études

6. The Siege of Thebes

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   • Lydgate's Siege of Thebes, Edited from All the Known Manuscripts and the Two Oldest Editions by Axel Erdmann, London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co. (Chaucer Society, 2^e s., 46), 1911, x + 193 p.; London, Milford et Oxford University Press (Early English Text Society. Extra Series, 125), 1930, xv + 220 p. — Réimpr.: Woodbridge et Rochester, Boydell and Brewer, 1996-1998.
   Études
   • Constans, L., La légende d'Oedipe étudiée dans l'Antiquité, au Moyen-Âge et dans les Temps modernes, en particulier dans le "Roman de Thèbes", texte français du XII^e siècle, Paris, Maisonneuve, 1881, x + 391 + xci p. [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
     Réimpr.: Genève, Slatkine, 1974.
     CR: Gaston Paris, dans Romania, 10, 1881, p. 270-277. [Gall] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
   • Hahn, Thomas, « The medieval Oedipus », Comparative Literature, 32:3, 1980, p. 225-237. [Jstor] [PAO]
   • Koeppel, Emil, Lydgate's "Story of Thebes": eine Quellenuntersuchung, München, Oldenbourg, 1884, 40 p.
   • Renoir, Alain, « Chaucerian character names in Lydgate's Siege of Thebes », Modern Language Notes, 71, 1956, p. 249.
   • Renoir, Alain, « The immediate source of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes », Studia neophilologica, 33:1, 1961, p. 86-95. [TFO]