'Lessons Fairer than Flowers': Mary Eliza Haweis's Chaucer for Children and Models of Friendship.
- Author / Editor
- Knutson, Karla.
'Lessons Fairer than Flowers': Mary Eliza Haweis's Chaucer for Children and Models of Friendship.
- Published
- Studies in Medievalism 20 (2011): 79-97.
Defining Neomedievalism(s) II
- Description
- Haweis's book (1876) included edited versions of six of the CT and four shorter poems, in Middle English and translation. Addressing mainly an audience of boys, Haweis placed special emphasis on the theme of friendship, both in the poetry and in Chaucer's life, as illustrated by his relationship with John of Gaunt and the gift for friendship implied by his pilgrim character in CT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations