The Minor Poems: Part One
- Author / Editor
- Pace, George B., and Alfred David, eds.
The Minor Poems: Part One
- Published
- Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982.
- Physical Description
- xlviii, 223 pp.
- Series
- Variorum Edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, vol. 5
- Description
- "Part One" contains five moral or "Boethian" poems, four humorous poems addressed to individuals, four love lyrics, and one gnomic poem: Truth, Gent, Sted, Form Age, For; Purse, Adam, Buk, Scog; Ros, MercB, Wom Nob, Wom Unc; and Prov.
- Introductions for each poem survey scholarship and identify important lines of inquiry; prefatory essays deal with dates, allusions, versification, sources, and relevance to Chaucer's life and other works. Includes index and bibliography.
- Contributor
- David, Alfred, ed.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations.