The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer Modernized (Classic Reprint)

The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer Modernized (Classic Reprint)

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-19

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780483403352

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Excerpt from The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer Modernized Thev would have been translated. Hitherto they have had almost everything done for them that a nation could desire, in so far as the most careful collation of texts, the most elaborate essays, the most ample and erudite notes and glossaries, the most elaborate and classical (as well as the most trite and vulgar) para phrases, the most eloquent and sincere admiration and comments of genuine poets, fine prose writers, and scholars - everything, in short, has been done, except to make them intelligible to the general reader. 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.


Legend of Good Women

Legend of Good Women

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2006-10

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1425032362

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An outstanding poem and a consummate example of employing the dream vision technique. It is one of the longest works of Chaucer. The poet unfolds ten stories of virtuous women in nine sections. It is one of the first mock-heroic works in English Literature. Inspirational!...


A Treatise on the Astrolabe

A Treatise on the Astrolabe

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780806134130

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A Treatise the Astrolabe by Geoffrey Chaucer is the work of an avid amateur astronomer who happened also to be England’s greatest medieval poet. A user of the astrolabe can plot the movement of the stars, tell time, and calculate numerous other results. Chaucer translated and revised a standard Latin treatment of the astrolabe. His treatise, which is generally regarded as one of the first technical manuals in English and a model of how technical manuals should be written. Not since 1872 has a free-standing edition of A Treatise the Astrolabe been published. Thanks to the expertise of its editor, Sigmund Eisner, who supplies sixty-eight illustrations, this Variorum edition provides a more detailed exposition than previously available. Eisner’s extensive labors result in the first complete record of textual variants found in the thirty-two surviving manuscripts of the work and in all the major printed text published between 1532 and 1987. This landmark edition also presents a thorough digest of all published commentary on Chaucer’s treatise. Amplified by sixty-eight illustrations, this variorum edition of Chaucer’s A Treatise on the Astrolabe provides a more detailed exposition of the treatise than has ever before been available.


The Canterbury Tales, The New Translation

The Canterbury Tales, The New Translation

Author: Gerald J. Davis

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-06-18

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1365188019

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The classic collection of beloved tales, both sacred and profane, of travelers in medieval England. Complete and Unabridged.


Geoffrey Chaucer in Context

Geoffrey Chaucer in Context

Author: Ian Johnson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-07-11

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 1107035643

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Provides a rich and varied reference resource, illuminating the different contexts for Chaucer and his work.