Literary Culture at the Court of Richard II.

Author/Editor
Scattergood, V.J

Title
Literary Culture at the Court of Richard II.

Published
Scattergood, V.J. "Literary Culture at the Court of Richard II." In English Court Culture in the Later Middle Ages. Ed. Scattergood, V.J and Sherborne, J.W. London: Duckworth, 1983, pp. 29-44. ISBN 0715616374

Review
Scattergood attempts to discover what, if any, books were read by members of Richard's court through careful collection and analysis of historical documents and literary references; he concludes that, although the situation "is not a simple one . . . circumstances for the production and dissemination of literature were obviously not unfavourable," and that Gower's work was near the center of this activity.

Date
1983

Gower Subjects
Backgrounds and General Criticism