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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.
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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 authorās 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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