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Harvard University

Harvard: The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: John Lydgate

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a brief biography and general critique of his "high style" English lyric poetry, with links to several of his works, some annotated. Beautiful color picture from "Sege of Thebes."
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Harvard University

The Harvard Chaucer Page: The High Style

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay about Geoffrey Chaucer's use of the "high style" in middle English verse, characterized by an elegantly adorned diction reliant upon Latin and French borrowings.