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Chapter I: Introduction: TO THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE.--§ 1. Why (the chief part

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of) the Romaunt of the Rose is not Chaucer's. § 2. The English
Version of the Romaunt. § 3. Internal evidence. § 4. Dr. Lidner's
opinion. § 5. Dr. Kaluza's opinion. The three Fragments. § 6.
Discussion of Fragment B. Test. I.--Proportion of English to
French. § 7. Test II.--Dialect. § 8. Test III.--The Riming of
_-y_ with _-yë_. § 9. Test IV.--Assonant Rimes. § 10.
Result: Fragment B is not by Chaucer. § 11. Discussion of Fragment
C. § 12. Rime-tests. § 13. Further considerations. § 14. Result:
Fragment C is not by the author of Fragment B, and perhaps not by
Chaucer. § 15. Discussion of Fragment A. (1) Rimes in _-y._
(2) Rimes in _-yë_ § 16. No false rimes. § 17. The three
Fragments seem to be all distinct. § 18. Fragment A is probably
Chaucer's. § 19. Summary. § 20. Probability of the results. § 21.
The external evidence. § 22. The Glasgow MS. § 23. Th.--Thynne's
Edition; 1532. § 24. Reprints. § 25. The Present Edition. § 26.
Some corrections. § 27. The French Text. §§ 28, 29. Brief Analysis
of the French Poem: G. de Lorris. § 30. Jean de Meun; to the end
of Fragment B. § 31. Gap in the Translation. § 32. Fragment C.
§ 33. Chaucer's use of 'Le Roman.' § 34. Méon's French text 1

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