The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury TalesHoughton Mifflin, 1899 - 61 pages |
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... Troilus , " which has helped me through many a dark place in Chaucerian usage . My book has gained much from the generous criti- tism of friends , -Professor L. W. Spring and Dr. M. C. Sutphen . Errors some must remain , I trust not ...
... Troilus , " which has helped me through many a dark place in Chaucerian usage . My book has gained much from the generous criti- tism of friends , -Professor L. W. Spring and Dr. M. C. Sutphen . Errors some must remain , I trust not ...
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... Troilus and Chriseyde , 1 the longest and most ambi . of the prose Parson's Tale , in the years closely following 1372. This opinion is possibly true for Constance ; it is pro- bably wrong for Griseldis ( see Mod . Lang . Notes , xii ...
... Troilus and Chriseyde , 1 the longest and most ambi . of the prose Parson's Tale , in the years closely following 1372. This opinion is possibly true for Constance ; it is pro- bably wrong for Griseldis ( see Mod . Lang . Notes , xii ...
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... Troilus and her vows of constancy . Troilus , learning of her infidelity , seeks death in bat- tle . With Boccaccio , Troilus , whether as successful or abandoned lover , is the central figure ; with Chaucer , Chriseyde occupies the ...
... Troilus and her vows of constancy . Troilus , learning of her infidelity , seeks death in bat- tle . With Boccaccio , Troilus , whether as successful or abandoned lover , is the central figure ; with Chaucer , Chriseyde occupies the ...
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... Troilus . Chaucer borrowed the rame of the hero and a portion of the narrative from La Teseide ; it is clear also that he intended to use freely the setting of Boccaccio's epic , for the poem ends abruptly with the promise of a ...
... Troilus . Chaucer borrowed the rame of the hero and a portion of the narrative from La Teseide ; it is clear also that he intended to use freely the setting of Boccaccio's epic , for the poem ends abruptly with the promise of a ...
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... Troilus it is a romance ; action and description , not states of mind , constitute its interest . In Boccaccio Chaucer must have recognized a kin- dred spirit , and in fact they are as much alike as an Englishman and an Italian can well ...
... Troilus it is a romance ; action and description , not states of mind , constitute its interest . In Boccaccio Chaucer must have recognized a kin- dred spirit , and in fact they are as much alike as an Englishman and an Italian can well ...
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