Legend of Good Women, The (Chaucer)
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Ann McMillan
ISBN: 0-89263-264-X Copyright: 1987
Format: Pbk 6" x 9" Pages: 180
Condition: Excellent; minor scuffs on cover & edges; name inside front cover
Translated and with an introduction by Ann McMillan. Includes an annotated bibliography. From the back cover: "Geoffrey Chaucer wrote 'The Legend of Good Women' in 1386, between 'Troilus and Criseyde' and 'The Canterbury Tales'. It comprises nine individual legends of women who suffered and died for love, retelling the stories of heroines from classical mythology and history. In Chaucer's versions of these stories, women are innocent victims, men vicious deceivers. Women who are destroyed by love, but remain faithful, join the ranks of Cupid's martyrs in a Paradise made up entirely of women."
Published By: Rice University Press
Notes about value: List price $14.95
Price: $ 6.00
