The Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales
The Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales

Author: Charles Abraham Owen

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9780859913348

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Owen investigates what the manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales reveal about the way they came into being. [see revs] This study of the manuscripts of the Canterbury Talescalls into question previous efforts to explain the complexities, the different orderings of the tales and the extraordinary shifts in textual affiliations within the manuscripts. Owen sees the manuscripts that survive, most of them collections of all or almost all the tales, as derived from the large number of single tales and small collections that circulated after Chaucer's death. This theory takes issue with all modern editions of the Canterbury Tales, which in Owen's view reflect the effort of medieval scribes and supervisors to make a satisfactory book of the collection of fragments Chaucer left behind. It is this collection of fragments, the authentic Tales of Canterbury by Geoffrey Chaucer, which reflects the different stages of the plan that was still evolving at his death. CHARLES A. OWEN Jr is former Professor of English and Chairman of Medieval Studies at the University of Conneticut.

The Text of the Canterbury Tales, Vol. 1
The Text of the Canterbury Tales, Vol. 1

Author: John Matthews Manly

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-21

Total Pages: 736

ISBN-13: 9780282906696

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Excerpt from The d104 of the Canterbury Tales, Vol. 1: Studied on the Basis of All Known Manuscripts; Descriptions of the Manuscripts Indexes of books, persons and places, and family mot toes seemed necessary for Volume I. The character and organization of the materials renders them unnecessary for the other volumes. 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.

The Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
The Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Author: Herbert Clarence Schulz

Publisher: Huntington Library Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13:

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This book is an ideal introduction to the Ellesmere manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, covering its context, construction, and provenance, with two dozen full-page color illustrations showing the techniques of the scribes and illuminators.