Textual Variants in Chaucer's 'House of Fame': Thynne as Editor

Author / Editor
Finlayson, John.

Title
Textual Variants in Chaucer's 'House of Fame': Thynne as Editor

Published
English Studies 70 (1989): 385-94.

Description
Adduces evidence that Thynne's edition of 1523 is the work of a careful, conservative editor. Thynne did not invent his unique readings but based them on Caxton, Fairfax, and Bodley. In other words, his HF "is truly an edition."

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations.
House of Fame.