Thomas Hoccleve fu un poeta e impiegato inglese, figura centrale della letteratura inglese del XV secolo. La sua opera è ora riconosciuta per offrire una vasta gamma di spunti sulla cultura letterata dell'Inghilterra durante il regime lancasteriano. Gli scritti di Hoccleve sono significativi per il loro contributo alla tradizione letteraria inglese antica.
Thomas Hoccleve (1368-426) was one of Chaucer's first disciples. This title represents a selection of his works. It explores themes and topics such as: women; money; isolation and suffering; the pains of hell and the joys of heaven; the serendipitous nature of literary production; and the writer as translator, reporter, or even as gossip. schovat popis
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Selected From A Manuscript In The Possession Of George Mason (1796)
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