Chaucer's 'the Legend of Cleopatra' - Couverture rigide

Johnson, Neil

 
9781871622928: Chaucer's 'the Legend of Cleopatra'
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1871622921 ISBN 13 : 9781871622928
Editeur : Marius Press, 2016

Synopsis

Who was Geoffrey Chaucer and why did he write The Legend of Cleopatra, the first and shortest of nine poems in Chaucer's The Legend of Good Women? Why was Cleopatra included amongst his good women? What did the poem look like in its original Middle English, and how does it translate into modern English? What were Chaucer's sources for his poem? Does The Legend of Cleopatra succeed as a poem? In this accessible and informative introduction to Chaucer's work, Neil Johnson examines these and other questions.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Who was Geoffrey Chaucer and why did he write The Legend of Cleopatra, the first and shortest of nine poems in Chaucer's The Legend of Good Women? Why was Cleopatra included amongst his good women? What did the poem look like in its original Middle English, and how does it translate into modern English? What were Chaucer's sources for his poem? Does The Legend of Cleopatra succeed as a poem? In this accessible and informative introduction to Chaucer's work, Neil Johnson examines these and other questions.

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Éditeur
Marius Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1871622921
ISBN 13 
9781871622928
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
208
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