Legend of Good WomenReadHowYouWant.com, 2006 - 244 pàgines An outstanding poem and a consummate example of employing the dream vision technique. It is one of the longest works of Chaucer. The poet unfolds ten stories of virtuous women in nine sections. It is one of the first mock-heroic works in English Literature. Inspirational!... |
Continguts
BALADE | 1 |
THE LEGEND OF CLEOPATRA | 25 |
THE LEGEND OF DIDO QUEEN OF CARTHAGE | 51 |
THE LEGEND OF HYPSIPYLE AND MEDEA | 81 |
THE LEGEND OF LUCRETIA | 103 |
THE LEGEND OF ARIADNE | 118 |
THE LEGEND OF PHILOMELA | 142 |
THE LEGEND OF HYPERMNESTRA | 166 |
PROLOGUE VERSION A | 179 |
APPENDIX BALADE | 193 |
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