John Skelton (1460 – 1529) prominent early Tudor poet and satirist Erasmus called Skelton, “the one light and glory of British letters” Works of Mannes…
Stephen Hawes ( 1475-1525) A poet and courtier who served Henry VII Works: The Passetyme of Pleasure (1509) Allegorical poem Theme: education and pilgrimage of…
John Lydgate (1370 – 1449) A benedictine monk Works: Prose The Serpent of Division (1422) Poems The Troy Book (1412-20) Written at the behest of…
Thomas Hoccleve (1369 – 1426) contemporary of Chaucer Works Letter of Cupid 1402 A translation and adoptation of French poet Christine de Pisan’s Epistre au…
One of the less noticed and acknowledged distinctions of The Canterbury Tales is that: instead of revealing England’s divisions, it reveled in its diversity. (Dec,…
Gawain Poet/Pearl Poet The “Gawain Poet”, or less commonly the “Pearl Poet”,[1] (fl. late 14th century) is the name given to the author of Sir…
John Barbour 1316 – 1395 Scottish Poet John Barbour (c.1320 – 13 March 1395) was a Scottish poet and the first major named literary figure to…
John Gower 1332-1408 Kentish poet A contemporary of William Langland and Pearl Poet. and personal friend of Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer dedicated his Troilus and Crisedye…
William Langland (1332-1386) William Langland is the presumed author of a work of Middle English alliterative verse generally known as Piers Plowman, an allegory with…
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340 – 1400) Birth: London, 1340 Patron: John of Gaunt Era: Plantagenet. First poet to be buried in Poets Corner in West-Minister Abbey.…