Author : Henry Wood
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ISBN 13 : 9781332334476
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (344 download)
Book Synopsis Chaucer's Influence Upon King James I. Of Scotland as Poet by : Henry Wood
Download or read book Chaucer's Influence Upon King James I. Of Scotland as Poet written by Henry Wood and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chaucer's Influence Upon King James I. Of Scotland as Poet: Inaugural-Dissertation for Gaining the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Leipzig Indeed, the circumstance that King James here makes use of the seven line stanza, so common in Chaucer and other poets, has procured for it the name 'rhyme royal'. But with all this, no special interest, at least in larger circles, has been awakened for the poem itself. Laudatur et alget. The cause of such unlimited praise is doubtless to be sought in the first place in the national prejudice of the Scots, but scarcely less in a general feeling of interest for King James himself. This royal descendant of the immortal Robert Bruce, exposed from early life to extraordinary fortunes, is one of the most interesting persons of his time. His great services to the Scottish nation, his energetic rule, high character and tragical end, all combine to render critic or reader well disposed towards the productions of the king as poet. This current of favorable feeling has been strengthened by the pains of the Scottish chroniclers to represent King James as remarkably accomplished. 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.