The Myth of Piers Plowman

The Myth of Piers Plowman
Author: Lawrence Warner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2014-03-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107043638

A revisionary account of the powerful myths that grew up around the production and reception of the great medieval poem. Also available as Open Access.

The Herts Genealogist And Antiquary (Volume Ii)

The Herts Genealogist And Antiquary (Volume Ii)
Author: William Brigg
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2020-12-15
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9789354307669

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Franks Bequest

Franks Bequest
Author: Edward Russell James Gambier Howe
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2018-02-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781377929965

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The Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales

The Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales
Author: Charles Abraham Owen
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 150
Release: 1991
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780859913348

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.