| Dream Poetry and Minor Works Contributor(s): Necastro, Gerard P. (Editor), Chaucer, Geoffrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0989426343 ISBN-13: 9780989426343 Publisher: Primavera Press OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Medieval |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.24" W x 7.99" (0.67 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Before Geoffrey Chaucer wrote his most famous work, The Canterbury Tales, he attempted several dream visions: Book of the Duchess, a memorial of Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, for her widower, John of Gaunt; The Parliament of Fowls, the first Valentine's Day poem in English in which the birds gather to choose their mates; The House of Fame, a literary investigation of fame, rumor, and reputation; The Legend of Good Women, a collection of legends, or quasi-saints' lives, of women from classical antiquity, retold by the fictional Chaucer as a sort of penance for defaming women in his earlier works. These works are collected here with twenty-one minor poems, all of which show the wit and style of one of the world's great artists. |