Download or read book The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer Modernized Classic Reprint written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer, Modernized They 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.
Download or read book The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer written by John S. P. Tatlock and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Now First Put Into Modern English Chaucer's entire poetic works have never before been put into modern English. Parts of them, especially of the Canterbury Tales, have been retold in one place or another in both prose and verse, some of the latter by pens so great as Wordsworth's, Pope's, and Dryden's; but hitherto a more nearly adequate idea of a marvelously individual and many-sided poet could be obtained only through his original text. That such is the best way to obtain it the present editors would be the first to urge. But most readers need not be told that it can be so acquired only by dint of somewhat thorough study; even more thorough than the casual reader can realize, for yet more baffling than frankly obsolete words are the countless words and idioms which have subtly changed their meaning. And undoubtedly such study at first may form a mist between the reader and a sympathetic comprehension of the poet. The melody of his verse, too, which the modernizer is so grieved to disturb, can be heard only by the practised ear. It is believed, therefore, that the present volume will be welcome to a good number of cultivated people everywhere. The editors have striven always to paraphrase as little and to be as faithful to the original as they could; certainly never to misrepresent it. They have departed from it only to save their version from one or another of four possible stumbling-blocks: rhyme and excessive rhythm, obscurity, extreme verbosity, and excessive coarseness. Their rare omission of words or short passages for the last reason has not been indicated; in the still fewer cases where a whole episode is incurably gross or voluptuous (yet Chaucer is never merely vicious), its omission is shown by asterisks. Proper names are almost always given in their true or their familiar modern form. A few short lyrics which otherwise would have lost too much have been versified in the original metrical form. 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.
Download or read book The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer Modernized written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Download or read book The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer Modernized written by Richard H Horne and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the beauty and brilliance of Geoffrey Chaucer's poems in a modernized version. This edition features a side by side comparison of the original Middle English text and the modernized version, making it accessible to a wider audience. Rediscover iconic works such as The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and The Parliament of Fowls in a whole new way. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Vol 5 Classic Reprint written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. 5 And stint a while, and whan he might out bring The next word was, God wote for I have As faithfully as I have had konning. 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.
Download or read book The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Vol 6 Classic Reprint written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. 6 Faire in a chaire of gold be with him lad, That all the ground about her chair she sprad With brightness of beauty in her face, Fulfilled of largesse and of grace. 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.
Download or read book The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Vol 4 Classic Reprint written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. 4 And maketh so queint his robe and faire, That it had hewes an hundred paire, Of grasse and fioures, of Inde and Pers, And many hewes full divers. 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.
Download or read book POEMS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER MODE written by Richard Henry Horne and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Chaucer written by Walter W. Skeat and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chaucer: The Minor Poems Now that the fifth century since the death of Chaucer is almost completed, it seems high time that a serious attempt should be made to present to readers an edition of his Minor Poems in something like a reasonable spelling and with a sufficient quantity of illustration in the form of notes. Mr. Sweet has given us a few extracts from these, in his Second MiddleEnglish Primer, but confesses that he has not attempted to forestall the inevitable German, who, it is to be hoped, will some day give us a critical edition of Chaucer. Though I am perhaps to some extent disqualified, as being merely a native of London, in which city Chaucer himself was born, I hope I may be pardoned the temerity of attempting something in this direction. At the same time, it is only right to say that we owe something to Dr. John Koch, who produced A Critical Edition of some of Chaucers Minor Poems, published at Berlin in 1883. The only fault of this edition is that it contains so very little; the number of short poems in it is only ten, extending in all to 483 lines. It does not seem to be at all well known in England, and perhaps I should never have heard of it, but for the kindness of Dr. Koch himself, to whom I beg leave to return my best thanks, at the same, time acknowledging my indebtedness to his researches. The present edition is of a fuller character, as it includes all of Chaucers genuine poetical works with the exception of the three of most importance, that is to say, the Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Cressida, and the Legend of Good Women. Just half an hour after writing the above sentences I received from Dr. Willert his edition of The House of Fame, too late, unfortunately, to be of much assistance to me. See further below, with respect to that poem. The first question that arises is, naturally, which of the Minor Poems are genuine? The list here given partly coincides with that adopted by Dr. 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.
Download or read book Selections From the Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer written by Charles D. Deshler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Selections From the Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: With a Concise Life of That Poet, and Remarks Illustrative of His Genius If our reading public - we do not merely mean those who gorge them selves with an unlimited number of Novels and Tales per annum; nor that fastidious circle who lisp the monthly twaddle of our magazine literature - if these but knew of the many rare gems that might here be had, not by patient delving in the coarse and flinty earth, but for the mere plucking from fair trees, from whose boughs they hang in rich and tempting clusters; if they knew that Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers Old poets have done; neither with so plea sant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor whatsoever may make the too-much loved Earth more lovely then perhaps the eager rush for possession and enjoyment would be an ample apology for the present apathetic ignorance. 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.
Download or read book Chaucer s Poetry written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1975 with total page 1226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: With an Essay on His Language and Versification, and an Introductory Discourse; Together With Notes and a Glossary The account of former Editions, in the Appendix to this Preface (a), will shew, that this object had hitherto been either entirely neglected, 'or at least very imperfectly pursued. The Editor therefore has proceeded as if his author had never been published before. He has formed the text throughout from the mss. And has paid little regard to the readings of any edition, except the two by Caxton, each of which may now be considered as a Manuscript. A List of the mss. Collated, or consulted, upon this occasion is subjoined (b). 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.
Download or read book The Complete Poetry and Prose of Geoffrey Chaucer written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poetry written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 1001 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Harvard Classics Volume 40 English Poetry Volume 1 of 3 Chaucer to Gray written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot in 1909, the Harvard Classics is a 51-volume Anthology of classic literature from throughout the history of western civilization. The set is sometimes called "Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf." The interior of this book is a facsimile reproduction of the 1909 edition. Search for the other books in this series with the keyword hcbooks. Volume 40 is the first of three dedicated to English poets and they are presented chronologically. This volume starts with Geoffrey Chaucer (approx 1343 - 1400) and ends with Thomas Gray (1716 - 1771). From the Introductory Note: 'The aim in these three volumes of English Poetry has been to give, as far as the limits of space allowed, a substantial representation of the most distinguished poets of England and America for the last five hundred years. Among previous anthologies an especially wide recognition has been given by the best judges to Francis Turner Palgrave's "Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language," first published in 1861; and it has been thought best to make that collection the nucleus of the present one. All the poems originally selected by Mr. Palgrave have, accordingly, been retained, with the exception of those by Milton and Burns, which appear in the Harvard Classics in the complete editions of the poetical works of these two authors.'
Download or read book Poems of Chaucer Selections From His Earlier and Later Works written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection includes selected works from both Chaucer's early and late periods, providing a comprehensive look into the evolution of his writing. From the tales of courtly love to the bawdy humor of the fabliaux, Chaucer's poetry remains a classic of English literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
