The Legend Of Good Women

By Geoffrey Chaucer, Walter William Skeat, Walter W. Skeat

Book Overview

The Legend of Good Women is a collection of poems written by the renowned English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, most famous for his epic work The Canterbury Tales. This collection, believed to have been written in the late 1380s, consists of nine stories about virtuous women from history and mythology, including Cleopatra, Dido, and Lucrece. The poems are written in Chaucer's signature Middle English style and explore themes of love, loyalty, and tragedy. Each story is framed by a prologue, in which Chaucer laments his past mistreatment of women and seeks to redeem himself by celebrating their virtues. The Legend of Good Women is considered a transitional work in Chaucer's career, as it marks a departure from his earlier bawdy and satirical style towards a more serious and moralistic tone. Despite its relative obscurity compared to The Canterbury Tales, The Legend of Good Women remains an important and influential work in the canon of English literature.Cleopatra, Thisbe, Dido and more.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1162699388
• ISBN13: 9781162699387
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.5" x 9.3"