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LOUNSBURY, Thomas Raynesford was born on January 1, 1838 in Seneca Company, New York, United States. Son of Reverend Thomas Lounsbury, Doctor of Divinity.
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Excerpt from Studies in Chaucer, Vol. 1 of 3: His Life and Writings About twenty-five years ago, a small volume containing nearly four thousand lines of Chaucer's poetry, with notes and a glossary, was issued from the Clarendon Press of Oxford University. It met at the outset with a respectable but by no means rapid sale. But on the title-page, which bears the date of 1886 - the last year of this particular edition which I have chanced to see - the number printed up to that time stands recorded as sixty-six thousand. Since then the work has been revised and reissued. The whole number published has now undoubtedly mounted to many thousands more, and the circulation of the book in its new form is not unlikely to have already overtaken and even gone beyond the figures just mentioned. Though this has been the most successful of all, it is nevertheless but one of several works of a similar character that have appeared during the last quarter of a century. Every year, indeed, adds to their number in a steadily increasing ratio. Editions of the poems of Chaucer, in whole or in part, are coming out constantly in England, in Germany, and in America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from Studies in Chaucer, Vol. 2 of 3: His Life and Writings The undisputed poetry of Chaucer is found, as the investigation in the previous part shows, to fall under twenty-six titles, and to embrace nearly thirty-five thousand lines - in precise figures thirty-four thou sand, nine hundred and twenty-six. This number will be increased by two hundred and thirty-one if we add the two doubtful pieces. But there remains still another work, the consideration of which has been designedly left to the last. It is the 'Romance of the Rose.' Obviously, this production stands on an entirely different footing from the others that have been subjected to examination and rejected. In favor of the view that these, or anything like them, were the composition of Chaucer, there has never been any direct evidence what ever. They were attributed to him, and printed among his works by his editors in the sixteenth century. But for so doing they gave no reason then, and none can be discovered now. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from Studies in Chaucer, Vol. 3 of 3: His Life and Writings In 1628, twelve years after the death of Shakspeare, appeared the first edition of the 'Microcosmography' of John Earle, then fellow of Merton College, Oxford, afterwards successively the Bishop of Worcester and of Salisbury. This work belonged to a class of writings - the delineation of individual characters - which the in tensely introspective life of the earlier half of the seventeenth century had made extremely popular. Among the number sketched was that of a Vulgar-Spirited Man. By this was meant one who merely followed in all things the common cry, who had no opinions but the received opinions of the majority about him. In the description of the character occurs a passage which is of some importance to us, as marking the position then supposed to be held in popular estimation by the first great writer of our literature. The vulgar-spirited man is described, among other things, as one "that cries Chaucer for his money above all our English poets, because the voice has gone so, and he has read none." We shall have occasion to see in the course of this chapter that these words represent a literary tradition rather than a real sentiment. Yet considered merely as a survival, they have a peculiar interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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LOUNSBURY, Thomas Raynesford was born on January 1, 1838 in Seneca Company, New York, United States. Son of Reverend Thomas Lounsbury, Doctor of Divinity.
Studied at Yale University. Doctor of Laws; Doctor of Literature.
After graduation engaged in preparation of New America Cyclopedia. Spent three years in the Civil War, 1862-1865. Became Professor of English in Yale University, 1871.
Retired as Professor Emeritus, 1906. Professor Emeritus of English in Yale University.
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Spouse 1871, Jane,daughter of General T. J. Folwell.