The Complete Works - Geoffrey Chaucer - Edited by Rev. Walter W. Skeat - The House of Fame, Legend of Good Women, and A Treatise on the Astrolabe

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A curated, late-19th-century scholarly edition presenting multiple Chaucer works in one volume: The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women, and A Treatise on the Astrolabe. The text includes front-matter publication details, a detailed contents list with introductions and section-by-section coverage, and an extended introduction discussing authorship and literary influence. It specifically analyzes Dante’s influence on The House of Fame, comparing vision structure, invocation patterns, and date-setting, while pointing to sources and imitations.

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Contents

Introduction to the House of Fame

Introduction to the Legend of Good Women

Introduction to a Treatise on the Astrolabe

Plates Illustrating the Description of the Astrolabe

The House of Fame (Books I-III)

The Legend of Good Women (Prologue and Legends)

A Treatise on the Astrolabe

Critical Notes and Notes

THE COMPLETE WORKS GEOFFREY CHAUCER SKEAT THE HOUSE OF FAME:THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMENTHE TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABEWITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE SOURCES OF THE CANTERBURY TALES THE COMPLETE WORKS GEOFFREY CHAUCER EDITED,FROM NUMEROUS MANUSCRIPTS BY THE REV.WALTER W.SKEAT,LITT.D.,LL.D.,M.A. LR1XGTON AND BoswoRTH PROFTsSOR OF ANGL0-SAXOMAMD FELLOw o7 CHR1s⁷'s cOL1.XGE,CAA1BRIDGE THE HOUSE OF FAME:THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMENTHE TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABEWITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE SOURCES OF THE CANTERBURY TAIES 'He made the book that hight the Hous of Fame.' Lgend of Good Womn;417.'Who-so that wol his large volume sekeCleped the Seintes Legende of Cupyde.' Canlerbury Tales;B 6o.'Hia Astrelabielonginge for his art'Can/erbury Tales;△3209 OXFORDAT THE CLARENDON PRESS 4f Oxford University Press,Amen House,London E.C.4 GLASGOw NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE WELLINGTONBOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS KARACHI LAHORE DACCACAPE TOWN SALISBURY NAIROBI IBADAN ACCRAKUALA LUMPUR HONG KONG FIRST EDITION 1894SECOND EDITION I900REPRINTED 1926,1951,I954,I963 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAINAT THE UNIVERSITY PRESs,oXFORDBY VIVLAN RIDLERPRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY 821C96WV.3 CONTENTS PAGt INTRODUCTION TO THE HoUSE OF FAME.—5 r.Authorship.§2.Infu-ence of Dante.§3.Testimony of Lydgate.§4.Influence ofOvid §5.Date of the Poem.§6.Metre.57.Imitations. 58.Authorities.59.Some Emendations · · · ·vii INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGEND OF GooD WoMEN.—51.Date of thePoem. 2.The Two Forms of the Prologue.53.Comparisonof these.§4.The Subject of the Legend.§5.The Daisy. 66.Agaton.§7.Chief Sources of the Legend.§8.ThePrologue;Legends of (I)Cleopatra;(2)Thisbe;(3)Dido;(4)Hypsipyle and Medea;(5)Lucretia;(6)Ariadne;(7)Philo-mela;(8)Phyllis;(9)Hypermnestra.59.Gower's ConfessioAmantis,5Io.Mere.§11.‘Clipped'Lines512.Descrip-tion of the MSS.§13.Description of the Printed Editions.514.Some Improvements in my Edition of 1889.15.Con-clusion · · . · · · · · · ·xvi INTRODUCTION TO A TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABE.—§r.Descriptionof the MSS.2-16.MSS.A.,B.,C.,D.,E.,F.,G.,H.,I,K.,L., M.,N,O.,P.§17.MSS.Q,R.,S.,T.,U.,W.,X.§18.Thynne'sEdition.§19.The two Classes of MSS.§20.The last fiveSections(spurious).§21.Gap between Sections 4o and 4I.§22,Gap between Sections 43 and 44 §23.Conclusion 40.§24.Extant portion of the Treatise.§25.Sonrces.§26.VariousEditions.§27.Works os the Subject.§28.Description of theAstrolabe Planisphere.§29.Uses of the Astrolabe Planisphere.§30.Stars marked on the Rete.531.Astrological Notes§32.Description of the Plates . · · · · .Ivi ILATES ILLUSTRATING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ASTROLABE .1xxxi THE Hous oF FAME:Book LTHE Hous oF FAME:BooK II.16TaE Hous oF FAME:Book III. 98117 CONTENTS. PAGt THE LEGEND OF Goop WoMEN:THE PRoLOGUE . · · 65 I. I.THETHE LEGENDLEGEND OFOF CLEOPATRACLEOPATRA . . . · . 106 . . II. THE LEGEND OF THISBE . . . . . , 110 II. THE LEGEND OF DIDo · ,. ……………………117 IV. THE LEGEND OF HYPSIPYLE AND MEDEA · · .131 ·140 VI. THE LEGEND OF ARIADNE . · ·. · ,I47 VII. THE LEGEND OF PHILOMELA · · · · ·I58 VIII. THE LEGEND OF PHYLLIS. ………………………………………164 IX. THE LEGEND) Or HyPERMNESTRA· · · · . 169 A TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABE · ………………………………………………175 CRITICAL NoTES TO A TREATISE ON THE ASTRO1.AEE . . .233 NoTES TO THE HuUSE OP FAME ·· ………………………………………243 NoTES TO THE LEGEND OF GooD WoMEN …………………………………………288 NoTES TOA TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABE · ·· · · 352 INTRODUCTION TO THE HOUSE OF FAME §I.IT is needless to say that this Poem is genuine,as Chaucerhimself claims it twice over;once in his Prologue to the Legendof Good Women,1.417,and again by the insertion in the poemitself of the name Geffrey(1.729)¹. §2.INFLUENCE OF DANTE.The infiuence of Dante is herevery marked,and has been thoroughly discussed by Rambeauin Englische Studien,iii.209,in an article far too important tobe neglected.I can only say here that the author points outboth general and particular likenesses between the

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What works are included in this volume?

It presents The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women, and A Treatise on the Astrolabe, along with related introductions, plates, and critical notes.

Who edited the edition?

The edition is edited by Rev. Walter W. Skeat.

How does the introduction discuss Dante’s influence?

It argues that Dante’s influence is strongly marked by comparing shared features such as visionary structure, three-book design, and recurring invocation practices, along with several specific parallel passages.

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