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TENDING TO ONE'S GARDEN: DESCHAMPS'S 'BALLADE TO CHAUCER' RECONSIDERED.

The article focuses on the ballade "Ballade to Chaucer" by medieval French poet Eustache Deschamps. Topics discussed include Deschamps writing the ballade addressed to English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, and mentions how in the ballade Deschamps compares Chaucer to multiple venerable figures, such as Soc...

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Published in:Medium Aevum Vol. 85; no. 2; pp. 236 - 259
Main Author: STRAKHOV, ELIZAVETA
Format: Article
Published: Society for the Study of Medieval Languages & Literature 2016
Subjects:
Ballade (Literary form)
Deschamps, Eustache
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
French poets
English literature
14th century (Literary period)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on the ballade "Ballade to Chaucer" by medieval French poet Eustache Deschamps. Topics discussed include Deschamps writing the ballade addressed to English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, and mentions how in the ballade Deschamps compares Chaucer to multiple venerable figures, such as Socrates, Seneca, and Ovid, as one who has illuminated England and English literature.