The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury TalesHoughton Mifflin, 1899 - 61 pages |
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... Chaucer has greatly enlarged and deepened the scope of his original , and his poem , unique among his greater works in being carried to of the most beautiful long How it is far indeed from such a work to the. INTRODUCTION.
... Chaucer has greatly enlarged and deepened the scope of his original , and his poem , unique among his greater works in being carried to of the most beautiful long How it is far indeed from such a work to the. INTRODUCTION.
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... originals , for what they lack in intellect- ual subtlety and finish of style is more than made up by the simplicity and directness of their pathetic ap peal . Ysiphile and Medea share the fourth legend ; foi were they not both undone ...
... originals , for what they lack in intellect- ual subtlety and finish of style is more than made up by the simplicity and directness of their pathetic ap peal . Ysiphile and Medea share the fourth legend ; foi were they not both undone ...
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... original plan as set forth in the Prologue , 11. 790ff . But it appears that he very soon gave up this plan . The Canterbury Tales , as we have them , cover roughly the journey to Canterbury , each pilgrim telling one tale , and the ...
... original plan as set forth in the Prologue , 11. 790ff . But it appears that he very soon gave up this plan . The Canterbury Tales , as we have them , cover roughly the journey to Canterbury , each pilgrim telling one tale , and the ...
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... original closely , the grace of the telling , the picturesque ness and genial humor which permeate the old mate- rial transmute it into another and far finer substance . Every one knows that inventiveness is the smallest part of the ...
... original closely , the grace of the telling , the picturesque ness and genial humor which permeate the old mate- rial transmute it into another and far finer substance . Every one knows that inventiveness is the smallest part of the ...
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... original , adopt ing a more abrupt treatment . Emily appears but once to the two cousins . From that mo ment they are avowed rivals . The story thus loses something in delicacy of analysis , but gains in naturalness . Chaucer makes ...
... original , adopt ing a more abrupt treatment . Emily appears but once to the two cousins . From that mo ment they are avowed rivals . The story thus loses something in delicacy of analysis , but gains in naturalness . Chaucer makes ...
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The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Frank Jewett Mather,Geoffrey Chaucer No preview available - 2016 |
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