Ricardian poets

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The Ricardian poets were a group of late 14th-century English writers, including figures like Geoffrey Chaucer, who developed sophisticated vernacular poetry during the reign of Richard II.

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instanceOf group of poets
literary movement
activeDuringReignOf King Richard II of England
surface form: Richard II of England
associatedWithWork Cleanness
Confessio Amantis
Patience
Pearl
Piers Plowman
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Canterbury Tales
The House of Fame
The Legend of Good Women
Parliament of Fowls
surface form: The Parliament of Fowls

Troilus and Criseyde
characteristic complex narrative structures
courtly love conventions
experimentation with stanza forms
moral and philosophical themes
social and political commentary
country Kingdom of England
developed sophisticated vernacular poetry
flourishedIn Ricardian era
genre vernacular poetry
hasNotableMember Geoffrey Chaucer
John Gower
John Lydgate
The Gawain Poet
Thomas Hoccleve
William Langland
historicalContext late medieval England
pre-Reformation England
influenced 15th-century English poets
early Renaissance English literature
influencedBy French courtly poetry
Italian literature
classical tradition
language Middle English
literaryMovement late Middle English literature
namedAfter King Richard II of England
surface form: Richard II of England
region England
timePeriod late 14th century
used allegory
courtly style
dream vision form
rhyme royal stanza
wroteFor courtly audiences
urban literate audiences

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Confessio Amantis literaryMovement Ricardian poets
this entity surface form: Ricardian poetry
Geoffrey Chaucer partOf Ricardian poets