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Composition of the work probably began circa 1386, and the work was completed in 1390. The prologue of this first recension recounts that the work was commissioned by Richard II after a chance meeting with the royal barge on the River Thames; the epilogue dedicates the work to Richard and to Geoffrey Chaucer, [2] as the "disciple and poete" of Venus.
Bryant, Margaret (December 1949). "New Books: Chaucer's Pilgrims". College English. 11 (3). National Council of Teachers of English: 169. doi:10.2307/585986. JSTOR 585986. (subscription required) Galway, Margaret (October 1950). "Book Reviews: A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales". The Review of English Studies. 1 (4 ...
The Prologue is the first section of four books of the Prose Edda, and consists of a euhemerized account of the origins of Norse mythology. According to the Prologue, the Norse gods originate from the Trojans described in Homer 's poetry, and are King Priam 's descendants.
1.4.1 Prologue. 1.4.2 Epilogue. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... four hundred years after the rest of the book.
The Prologue is the first section of four books of the Prose Edda, consisting of a euhemerized Christian account of the origins of Norse mythology: the Nordic gods are described as human Trojan warriors who left Troy after the fall of that city (an origin which parallels Virgil's Aeneid).
A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος prólogos, from πρό pró, "before" and λόγος lógos, "word") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information.
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The frame story of the poem, as set out in the 858 lines of Middle English which make up the General Prologue, is of a religious pilgrimage. The narrator, Geoffrey Chaucer, is in The Tabard Inn in Southwark, where he meets a group of 'sundry folk' who are all on the way to Canterbury, the site of the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket, a martyr reputed to have the power of healing the sinful.