Chaucer and His England

Chaucer and His England

No book of this size can pretend to treat exhaustively of all that concerns Chaucer and his England; but the Authors main aim has been to supply an informal historical commentary on the poets works. He has not hesitated, in a book intended for the general public, to modernize Chaucers spelling, or even on rare occasions to change a word. His best acknowledgments are due to those who have laboured so fruitfully during the last fifty years in publishing Chaucerian and other original documents of the later Middle Ages; more especially to Dr. F. J. Furnivall, the indefatigable founder of the Chaucer Society and the Early English Text Society; to Professor W. W. Skeat, whose ungrudging generosity in private help is necessarily known only to a small percentage of those who have been aided by his printed works; to Dr. R. R. Sharpe, archivist of the London Guildhall; to Prebendary F. C. Hingeston-Randolph and other editors of Episcopal Registers; to Messrs. W. Hudson and Walter Rye for their contributions to Norfolk history; and to Mr. V. B. Redstones researches in Chaucerian genealogy. His proofs have enjoyed the great advantage of revision by Dr. Furnivall, who has made many valuable suggestions and corrections, but who is in no way responsible for other possible errors or omissions. The many debts to other writers are, it is hoped, duly acknowledged in their places; but the Author must here confess himself specially beholden to the writings of M. Jusserand, whose rare[Pg vi] sympathy and insight are combined with an equal charm of exposition. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 37277
Author: Coulton, G. G. (George Gordon)
Release Date: Aug 31, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English