Manuscripts of the "Canterbury Tales."

Author / Editor
Gillespie, Alexandra, and Julianna Chianelli.

Title
Manuscripts of the "Canterbury Tales."

Published
In The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales. https://opencanterburytales.dsl.lsu.edu, 2017.

Physical Description
[10 pp.]

Description
Summarizes the “textual world” of the late-medieval England and describes the international development of the printing press. Comments on references to literacy and literate materials in Chaucer's works, explores the implications of Adam, remarks on the complexity of CT manuscripts ("a mess"), and argues that in CT Chaucer investigates the truth-value of "bokes" and bookish learning. Designed for pedagogical use.

Contributor
Chianelli, Julianna.

Alternative Title
The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Manuscripts and Texual Studies
Canterbury Tales--General
Adam Scriveyn