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OF MODERN KNOWLEDGE
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES
By GRACE E. HADOW
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1914
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| Editors: |
| HERBERT FISHER, M.A., F.B.A, LL.D. |
| Prof. GILBERT MURRAY, D.Litt., LL.D., F.B.A. |
| Prof. J. ARTHUR THOMSON, M.A., LL.D. |
| Prof. WILLIAM T. BREWSTER, M.A. (Columbia University, U.S.A.) |
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
CHAUCER AND
HIS TIMES
BY
GRACE E. HADOW
LECTURER IN ENGLISH, LADY MARGARET
HALL, OXFORD; LATE READER IN ENGLISH,
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, U.S.A.
LONDON
WILLIAMS AND NORGATE
The following volumes of kindred interest have already been published inthis Library:
| 43. English Literature: Mediæval. By Prof. W. P. Ker. 13. Mediæval Europe. By H. W. C. Davis, M.A. 45. The English Language. By L. Pearsall Smith, M.A. 35. Landmarks in French Literature. By G. L. Strachey. |
First Printed April 1914
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| NOTES ON CHAUCER’S USE OF ‘E’ | vi | |
| I | CHAUCER’S LIFE AND TIMES | 7 |
| II | CHAUCER’S WORKS | 32 |
| III | CHAUCER’S TREATMENT OF HIS SOURCES | 69 |
| IV | CHAUCER’S CHARACTER-DRAWING | 106 |
| V | CHAUCER’S HUMOUR | 143 |