"Many a Song and Many a Leccherous Lay": Tradition and Individuality in Chaucer's Lyric Poetry

ISBN-13: 9780367357580 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 352 str.

Jay Ruud

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Originally published in 1992. Although apparently much appreciated in his own time, Chaucer’s lyrics have been the most neglected of his poetic productions. The chapters here offer an excellent introduction to each poem, the important literary issues surrounding it, and Ruud’s own clear style and balanced judgment.

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Preface  1. "This woful song and this compleynte I make": The Lyric Defined  2. "Flee fro the prees and dwelle with sothfastnesse": Universal Love  3. "‘No man is al trewe,’ I gesse": The Personal Voice  4. "So muche wo and eek so litel blis": Courtly Love  5. "Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat": The Individual Voice  6. "Ther mot be cause wherfore that men pleyne": The Lyric with Narrative  7. "Then ende I thus, sith I may do no more": The Place of Chaucer’s Lyrics