The Problem of the Two Prologues to Chaucer's Legend of G...
French, John C. Excerpt from The Problem of the Two Prologues to Chaucer's Legend of Good Women
The Prologue to Chaucer's Legend of Good Women has come down to us in two distinct versions. That these versions go back to distinct originals, and not to a common original greatly distorted in the course of transmission, is shown by large variations both in subject matter and form. That they are very closely related to each other is no less evident from the fact ...