Thomas Hoccleve war ein englischer Dichter und Schreiber, eine Schlüsselfigur der englischen Literatur des 15. Jahrhunderts. Sein Werk wird heute als reiche Quelle für Einblicke in die gebildete Kultur Englands während der Herrschaft des Hauses Lancaster anerkannt. Hoccleves Schriften sind bedeutend für ihren Beitrag zur frühen englischen Literatutradition.
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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