Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Court Poetry of Chaucer by : Geoffrey Chaucer
Download or read book The Court Poetry of Chaucer written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work offers for the first time facing-page translations of many of the lesser known court poems of Geoffrey Chaucer in their original Middle English and in Modern English. This work should appeal to scholars interested in Chaucer and poetry. the longer poems such as The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. While these works demonstrate Chaucer's mastery of the epic and narrative forms, it is in the court poems that we hear what is closer to the actual voice of Chaucer speaking to his contemporaries. The introduction discusses the complaint, a popular medieval genre that Chaucer often used in his verse, sometimes with a straight face, sometimes not. Providing these poems in both their original Middle English and in Modern English, this work will be an attractive addition to the library of any scholar interested in Chaucer and the poetry of his time.