The Siege of Thebes (TEAMS Middle English Texts Kalamazoo)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1580440746
ISBN 13
9781580440745
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Unknown
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Publication Year
2001
Publisher
Pages
208
Description
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. - from Amzon
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