The Romaunt of the Rose
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The Romaunt of the Rose is a partial translation into Middle English of the French allegorical poem, Le Roman de la Rose. Originally believed to be the work of Geoffrey Chaucer, the Romaunt inspired c
Page from a copy (c.1440)
The Legend of Good Women
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The Legend of Good Women is a poem in the form of a dream vision by Geoffrey Chaucer during the fourteenth century.
The Romaunt of the Rose
…approximately one-third of Le Roman. There is little doubt that Chaucer did translate Le Roman de la Rose under the title The Romaunt of the Rose: in The Legend of Good Women, the narrator, Chaucer, states as much. The question is whether the surviving text is the same one that Chaucer wrote. The authorship question has been…
Death of Dido, by Guercino, AD 1631.