More Odd Texts Of Chaucers Minor Poems Classic Reprint

Author : Walter W. Skeat
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ISBN 13 : 9781331089339
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Chaucer written by Walter W. Skeat and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chaucer: The Minor Poems Now that the fifth century since the death of Chaucer is almost completed, it seems high time that a serious attempt should be made to present to readers an edition of his Minor Poems in something like a reasonable spelling and with a sufficient quantity of illustration in the form of notes. Mr. Sweet has given us a few extracts from these, in his Second MiddleEnglish Primer, but confesses that he has not attempted to forestall the inevitable German, who, it is to be hoped, will some day give us a critical edition of Chaucer. Though I am perhaps to some extent disqualified, as being merely a native of London, in which city Chaucer himself was born, I hope I may be pardoned the temerity of attempting something in this direction. At the same time, it is only right to say that we owe something to Dr. John Koch, who produced A Critical Edition of some of Chaucers Minor Poems, published at Berlin in 1883. The only fault of this edition is that it contains so very little; the number of short poems in it is only ten, extending in all to 483 lines. It does not seem to be at all well known in England, and perhaps I should never have heard of it, but for the kindness of Dr. Koch himself, to whom I beg leave to return my best thanks, at the same, time acknowledging my indebtedness to his researches. The present edition is of a fuller character, as it includes all of Chaucers genuine poetical works with the exception of the three of most importance, that is to say, the Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Cressida, and the Legend of Good Women. Just half an hour after writing the above sentences I received from Dr. Willert his edition of The House of Fame, too late, unfortunately, to be of much assistance to me. See further below, with respect to that poem. The first question that arises is, naturally, which of the Minor Poems are genuine? The list here given partly coincides with that adopted by Dr. 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.