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Explore how two early drafts shape Chaucer's Prologue and its meaning.
This scholarly study analyzes the relationship between two versions of the Prologue to Chaucer's Legend of Good Women. It shows how the later text adapts the earlier draft to fit a new allegorical purpose, and how these revisions affect theme, tone, and structure. The work connects linguistic changes, poetic choices, and narrative shifts to reveal the editor’s method and conclusions.
- See how the two versions differ in lines, imagery, and rhythm, and what those changes say about revision.
- Learn how the daisy allegory and other devices frame the queen’s virtues and Chaucer’s role as poet.
- Understand why some passages are moved, replaced, or refined to support a new poetic aim.
- Gain insight into textual criticism and the careful reasoning behind identifying a preferred version.
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John C. French (1856 1934) was the author of and contributor to several books on Pennsylvania wildlife, folklore, and music, including Henry Shoemaker s The Black Bear of Pennsylvania and Rafting Days in Pennsylvania. He lived in Roulette, Pennsylvania.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book presents a profound investigation into the nature of Chaucer's revisions to The Prologue of his Legend of Good Women, an illuminating example of a medieval poet's process of literary self-criticism. Through a close comparison of the two distinct manuscript versions that survive, the author argues that neither version is an unedited, unpolished draft but conscious and deliberate revisions on the authorâs part. Chaucer revised the Prologue not once, but twice, each driven by differing motives and emerging with differing literary and thematic qualities. The book presents a definitive theory of the two Prologues' relationship to one another within Chaucer's poetic career and deepens our understanding of his motives, creative process, and literary purposes. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781331793274_0
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