Medieval Literature: Texts and Interpretation

Author / Editor
Machan, Tim William, ed.

Title
Medieval Literature: Texts and Interpretation

Published
Binghamton, N.Y.: Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, 1991.

Physical Description
201 pp.

Description
In addition to the introduction, this collection contains nine original essays focusing on the interrelations between textual and interpretive studies of late Middle English literature. The authors discuss the effect of editorial decisions on literary history, the interpretive information latent in medieval manuscripts, and the nature of medieval literary texts. All major genres (romance, drama, the lyric) and writers (Chaucer, Langland, Lydgate) are examined.
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Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.