The Problem of the Two Prologues to Chaucer´s Legend of Good Women (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Problem of the Two Prologues to Chaucer´s Legend of Good Women The Prologue to Chaucer´s Legend of Good Women has come down to us in two distinct versions. That these versions go back to distinct originals, and not to a common original greatly distorted in the course of transmission, is shown by large variations both in subject matter and form. That they are very closely related to each other is no less evident from the fact that a large number of lines, more than half of the shorter version, are exactly identical in both. Moreover, the lines which are peculiar to one version or to the other and those which are common to both, bear alike the unmistakable stamp of Chaucerian authorship. It may at once be taken for granted, therefore, - for the conclusion is irresistible, - that one of these versions is a revised or rewritten form of the other, and that the revision was made by the poet himself. We have in these two versions, so far as Chaucer texts are concerned, a unique possession. Chaucer has been edited and re-edited and even translated into English by his critics, but in no other poem than the Legend has his own criticism of himself in any way come down to us. The importance of this possession is enhanced by the significant position which the Prologue occupies among his works. Although the date of the poem cannot be fixed with exactness, we are certain beyond conjecture that it stands near the middle of his career. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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