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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Ethan Knapp’s Bureaucratic Muse is a clearly argued and beautifully written study that traces the important role played by the emerging bureaucracy of Lancastrian England in the establishment of late-medieval vernacular literature.”
—Richard K. Emmerson Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies
“Ethan Knapp gives us a persuasive portrait of a still undervalued poet of skill and originality in his urban and professional milieu. This will be the standard book on Hoccleve for years to come.”
—David A. Lawton,Washington University
“The Bureaucratic Muse is timely, smart, and well-written. Knapp has a fertile mind, and he is skillful and resourceful in quartering Hoccleve’s peculiarly intelligent poems for his arguments.”
—Derek Pearsall,Harvard University
“Most of Hoccleve’s works are thus considered with much detail, making Knapp’s book an indispensable read for anyone interested in the subject. In addition to the fact that this study is very well presented, written and structured, it includes a comprehensive index and boasts an excellent bibliography of eighteen pages. We are thus offered a first-rate tool for late medieval studies.”
—Blaise Douglas Cercles
