The Author at Work: The Two Versions of the Prologue to the 'Legend of Good Women'

Author / Editor
Eadie, John.

Title
The Author at Work: The Two Versions of the Prologue to the 'Legend of Good Women'

Published
Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 93 (1992): 135-43.

Description
Questions assumptions about Chaucer's authorial practices and challenges J. L. Lowes's theory that F is the earlier version of LGWP. G may be earlier, a hypothesis that accounts for structural differences in the two versions and for numerous lexical variations.

Chaucer Subjects
Legend of Good Women.