Palamon and Arcite (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Palamon and Arcite is part of "Fables, Ancient and Modern" written by John Dryden published in 1700. Palamon and Arcite is a modernized translation of one story, "The Knight's Tale" from "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer. The plot line is identical as Dryden was only translating from the Middle English of Chaucer's original text. Dryden's version of the book is longer than the original text due to Dryden's poetic touches.The four central characters remain the same as in Chaucer's story. Palamon, possible cousin of Arcite, is at least "brother-in-arms" according to Dryden. Arcite is a knight of royal blood, although this is not fully explained in the text. Emily (Emelye or Emilye) is the "princess" and stepdaughter or possibly niece of the king. And King Theseus is the (Duke of Athens).