The Chaucer canon, with a discussion of the works associated with the name of Geoffrey Chaucer

Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat

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ABOUT A.D. 1536THE CHAUCER CANON
WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE
WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NAME
'
OF
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
BY THE
REV. WALTER W. SKEAT
PH.D.LL.IX,LriT.D., D.C.L.,
andand Bosivorth of Anglo-Saxon,Elrington Professor
Fellow Christ's College, Cambridgeof
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with hisDare not to match stylethy pypc Tityrus
Kal.SPENSER, Shep. Epilogue
PRESSTHE CLARENDONAT
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PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
BY HORACE M.A.HART,
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITYPREFACE
THE of the volume is an examinationsubject present
of the Chaucer All the that have been atCanon. pieces
time associated with his name are here consideredany ;
and various tests are his works cangiven whereby genuine
be from the rest.distinguished
Much that is here said is fromnecessarily repeated
what I have advanced in six-volume editionalready my
of in volume entitledChaucer and the supplementary
Chaucerian Pieces but I have also taken the
; opportunity,
whilst scattered observations that havecollecting many
abeen of few newmade, suggestionspreviously introducing
and In the account here ofarguments. particular, given
the between Chaucer'sstriking parallel grammatical usages
sufand the of variousregular employment
of the to thefixes in the unassailable text Ormulum is,
best of and adds much firmnessbelief,my wholly new,
It is true thatand to the wholecertainty argument.
his on Chaucer'snote toTyrwhitt Language)(in 69 Essay
out the value of 'the of Orm,long ago pointed practice
that we have inthe most authentic metrical composer
our but he did not detailedantient give anylanguage,'
it.account of the conclusions to be drawn from
adduce is this. TheThe which I brieflyargument
enablesof the metre of the Ormulumextreme regularity
circumstances under whichus to deduce with thecertainty
a 3vi PREFACE
in it.inflexions are employed Preciselygrammatical
occur in the works ofsimilar inflexions genuine Chaucer,
but not in works which have(speaking generally) erroneously
been connected with his name.
and these varioustheFurther, works, only, satisfygenuine
rime-tests which are and are all deducibleduly explained,
from the and in this the trueCanterbury Tales; way
Chaucer Canon can be established.
Dr. which in theA recent article Koch, appearedby
Studien after the main of the workEnglische part present
'had been has the addition of the Noteprinted, suggested
on atVI,'Chapter printed p. 149.
arrived at have been withThe results here compared
those in Prof. 'Chaucer fromgiven Lounsbury's Studies,'
which do not differ. inthey materially Writing 1892,
Prof. was to claim for Chaucer theLounsbury disposed
the translation of the Romauntwhole of Englishexisting
but later have shown that thisof the Rose ; investigations
view is no tenable.longer
An is a ListAppendix subjoined, containing complete
andof Chaucer's a List of Authorities for theWorks, same,
a works associated withList of all Chaucer,Chronological
in the exact order of their publication.
I am indebted to Professor Hales for kindly perusing
the he is in no forproof sheets, though way responsible
their contents.
W. W. S.