CHAUCER, ADAPTED BY ELIZABETH BARRETT
The poems of Geoffrey Chaucer, modernized.
London.
Whittaker & Co., 1841.
First edition.
8vo.
cxlvii, [1], 331pp, [1]. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, lightly marked, corners bumped. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Goodwyn Hatchard, Bishop of Mauritius to FEP, some marginal loss to leaf R7, scattered spotting.
The sole edition of an anthology of early nineteenth century adaptations of Chaucer into modern English by several noted authors, including, inter alia, Wordsworth ('The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' and an 'Extract from Trolius and Cresida'), Thomas Powell ('The Flower and the Leaf'), and Elizabeth B. Barrett ('Queen Annelida and False Arcite').
The lengthy introduction by English poet and critic R. H. Horne (1802-1884) asserts that the volume was intended for 'that vast majority of our countrymen, and of foreigners acquainted with the English and English literature', who may have previously been unable, or unwilling, to read Chaucer's corpus due to inaccessible language or 'improper' terms.
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref: 33085
The lengthy introduction by English poet and critic R. H. Horne (1802-1884) asserts that the volume was intended for 'that vast majority of our countrymen, and of foreigners acquainted with the English and English literature', who may have previously been unable, or unwilling, to read Chaucer's corpus due to inaccessible language or 'improper' terms.
