Project Gutenberg 2014-02-27 Public domain in the USA. 325 Chaucer, Geoffrey 1342 1400 Chaucer, Jeffrey Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William) 1835 1912 Skeat, Walter William Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 — The House of Fame; The Legend of Good Women; The Treatise on the Astrolabe; The Sources of the Canterbury Tales Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 — The House of Fame; The Legend of Good Women" is a compilation of literary works by Geoffrey Chaucer, likely written in the 14th century. This volume includes the notable poems "The House of Fame" and "The Legend of Good Women," with a significant focus on themes surrounding love, legend, and allegory, revealing Chaucer’s evolving literary style. The latter work specifically highlights various famous women from history and mythology, offering insight into their stories and the nature of love. The opening of the volume introduces the poem "The House of Fame," detailing its authenticity and highlighting its influences from notable writers such as Dante and Ovid. The narrative begins with Chaucer's personal journey through a dream-like landscape led by an eagle, symbolizing aspiration and enlightenment. This section also hints at Chaucer's reflections on fame and rumor, setting the stage for deeper explorations into the nature of storytelling and legacy within the world of literature. The introduction articulates Chaucer's intent behind the works and his innovative approach to poetry during his time, leaving readers with a sense of curiosity about the rich, interconnected tales to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45027/45027-h/images/cover.jpg en English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500 PR Text Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: Literature 1881314 1881321 2024-09-19T03:41:12.193472 2023-09-19T14:57:22.803774 text/html text/html 1901279 2014-02-27T08:48:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2625983 2014-02-27T08:52:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2982513 2024-09-19T03:41:51.847227 application/epub+zip 3007465 2024-09-19T03:41:19.283438 application/epub+zip 884265 2024-09-19T03:41:15.332409 application/epub+zip 4016454 2024-09-19T03:42:12.553167 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3781690 2024-09-19T03:41:47.493291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1211459 2022-09-20T14:37:15.666484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1400382 1400280 2024-09-19T03:41:04.088463 2023-09-19T14:57:14.822698 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1398357 2014-02-27T08:49:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 542059 2014-02-27T08:52:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1399614 2014-02-27T08:52:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 541278 2014-02-27T08:52:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20954 2024-09-19T03:42:12.781122 application/rdf+xml 10036 2024-09-19T03:41:15.995425 image/jpeg 2031 2024-09-19T03:41:15.664411 image/jpeg 3113194 2024-09-19T03:41:12.371482 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia