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The Siege of Thebes
John Lydgate
出版Medieval Institute Publications, 2001-03-01
主題Literary Criticism / MedievalLiterary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
ISBN158044427X9781580444279
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=denyDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.