Troilus and Criseyde


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Set against the epic backdrop of the battle of Troy, Troilus and Criseyde is an evocative story of love and loss. When Troilus, the son of Priam, falls in love with the beautiful Criseyde, he is able to win her heart with the help of his cunning uncle Pandarus, and the lovers experience a brief period of bliss together. But the pair are soon forced apart by the inexorable tide of war and - despite their oath to remain faithful - Troilus is ultimately betrayed. Regarded by many as the greatest love poem of the Middle Ages, Troilus and Criseyde skilfully combines elements of comedy and tragedy to form an exquisite meditation on the fragility of romantic love, and the fallibility of humanity.




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Troilus and Criseyde


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Chaucer's masterpiece and one of the greatest narrative poems in English, the story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde is renowned for its deep humanity and penetrating psychological insight. This new translation into modern English by a major Chaucerian scholar includes an index of the names relating to the Trojan War and an Index of Proverbs.







Annotated Chaucer bibliography


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An extremely thorough, expertly compiled and crisply annotated comprehensive bibliography of Chaucer scholarship between 1997 and 2010




An One-Text Print of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde


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Excerpt from An One-Text Print of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde: From the Campsall Ms. Of Mr. Bacon Frank, Copied for Henry V. When Prince of Wales Moreover, it avoids some of the provincial forms of the Harleian 2280, like 810, II. P. 56; III. P. 149; (11011176, IV. P. 209; for which it reads sle and while. It has fewer instances of {ch for I and in other spellings and readings has some preferable forms and words. 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.




An One-Text Print of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from An One-Text Print of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde For which for to departen softely. 78 Took purpos ful pis forknowyng wyse. And to to Grekes ost ful pryely. He stal a neon and hey in curteys wyse. 81 Hym deden bothen worship and seruyse. 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.




The Testament of Cresseid


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Originally published in 1926, this volume contains the full text of The Testament of Cresseid by Scottish poet Robert Henryson.




Guide to Reprints


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The Canterbury Tales


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The most complete of all remaining surviving fragments sections of The Canterbury Tales, the First Fragment contains some of Chaucer's most widely enjoyed work. In The General Prologue, Chaucer introduces his pilgrims through a set of speaking portraits, drawn with a clarity that makes no attempt to conceal their peculiarities. The four tales that follow - those of the Knight, Miller, Reeve and Cook - reveal a wide variety of human preoccupations: whether chivalrous, romantic or simply sexual. Brilliantly bawdy and subtly complex, each of these tales is alive with Chaucer's skills as a poet, storyteller and creator of comedy.