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Chaucer / Raymond Preston.

By:

Preston, Raymond

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; New York : Sheed and Ward, [1952]Description: 325 p. : illus. ; 23 cmISBN:

837114780

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

821.09

Contents:

Many a lecherous lay -- To the parliament of birds reduced to love -- The poetry of the Book of Troilus -- Two books of the Book of Troilus -- The book of Troilus ends -- Prelude to a glorious legend -- Of women that were called good -- Canterbury prologue -- Knight and lady: churl and leman -- Tragical-comical-historical-martyrological -- Evil and the physician -- Of woe that is in marriage -- And Launcelot he is dead -- Odour of sanctity, stench of alchemy -- The sum of penitence, and of vices -- Epilogue.

Summary: The aim of this book is to interpret the work of Chaucer to the modern reader. This for a twofold reason: the modern reader does need help in order to understand Chaucher, and Chaucer is worth the effort of understanding.

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Includes bibliography.

Many a lecherous lay --
To the parliament of birds reduced to love --
The poetry of the Book of Troilus --
Two books of the Book of Troilus --
The book of Troilus ends --
Prelude to a glorious legend --
Of women that were called good --
Canterbury prologue --
Knight and lady: churl and leman --
Tragical-comical-historical-martyrological --
Evil and the physician --
Of woe that is in marriage --
And Launcelot he is dead --
Odour of sanctity, stench of alchemy --
The sum of penitence, and of vices --
Epilogue.

The aim of this book is to interpret the work of Chaucer to the modern reader. This for a twofold reason: the modern reader does need help in order to understand Chaucher, and Chaucer is worth the effort of understanding.

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