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Early English Portraiture
In this Western Mail article from 1930, the author begins by providing a somewhat negative review of Thomas Hoccleve’s poem, “The Regiment of Princes”. Asserting that the poem “looks better than it reads”, the author…
Tags: Beggar, De Regimine Principum, dialogue, Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340-1400), heresy, John Gower (c.1330-1408), John Lydgate (c.1370-1450), knight, manuscript, marginalia, medieval dress, medieval poetry, Occleve, poet, poetry, portrait, review, Sir John Oldcastle (d.1417), The Regiment of Princes, Thomas Hoccleve (c.1367-1426), tribute
Critical Article by Brian Matthews
Abstract: Matthews finds a unity in the arrangement of stories in While the Billy Boils. The chronological nature of the stories, the use of rumour and the consistent use of time and distance are all elements that support the structure of the…
Chaucer. [From various sources].
This column from the Colonial Literary Journal in 1844 provides a biography of medieval poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Quoting from an unnamed source, the article names Chaucer alongside Spenser, Shakespeare and Milton as one of the ‘Four Great English…
Tags: biography, Dante Alghieri (c.1265-1321), Early Australian Literary Tastes, Edmund Spenser (c.1552-1599), English language, Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340-1400), Hainault, heresy, John Milton (1608–1674), John of Gaunt (1340–1399), John Wycliffe (d.1384), medieval poet, medieval poetry, poet, poetry, William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
‘The Viking’ poem
A poem by J.A. Fort published in the UK magazine The Spectator and reprinted on page 5 of the Adelaide newspaper The Register on September 25, 1926. The poem describes the attraction of going on a Viking raid by ship, including the knowledge that if…
"The Old Squire Sir William rode to Virland," Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's most famous poets, and a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement.