Geoffrey Chaucer, Short Poems

Natalie Hanna (University of Liverpool)

Ed. by Jamie McKinstry, University of Durham, Sarah Peverley, University of Liverpool
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.02: English Writing and Culture: High and Late Medieval, 1066-1485.
Vol. editors: Kate Ash-Irisarri (University of Edinburgh), Rory Critten (Université de Lausanne), David Fuller (University of Durham), Natalie Hanna (University of Liverpool), Hugh Magennis (Queen's University Belfast), Jamie McKinstry (University of Durham), Sarah Peverley (University of Liverpool), Sebastian Sobecki (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1387

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Poetry (any)

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Overview

There are twenty-two short poems that are ascribed ordinarily to Chaucer, or found in manuscripts alongside his authenticated poems and deemed Chaucerian in style. Poems credited to Chaucer in the manuscripts are: An ABC; Anelida and Arcite; Chaucers Wordes unto Adam, His Owne Scriveyn; The Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse; The Complaint of Mars; The Complaint of Venus; The Complaint to his Lady; The Complaint unto Pity; The Former Age; Fortune; Gentilesse; Lak of Stedfastnesse; Lenvoy de Chaucer a Bukton; Lenvoy de Chaucer a Scogan; Proverbs; To Rosemounde; Truth; Womanly Noblesse. Those poems found in the manuscripts but not ascribed to Chaucer are: Against Women Unconstant; A Balade of Complaint; Complaynt D’Amours; Merciles Beaute. Chaucer’s authorship of a few of these

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Citation: Hanna, Natalie. "Short Poems". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 February 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=38938, accessed 18 April 2024.]

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