F. N. Robinson's Editing of the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Ramsey, Roy Vance.
F. N. Robinson's Editing of the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- Studies in Bibliography 42 (1989): 134-52.
- Description
- Robinson's first edition (1933) is founded on unsound editorial practices, most notably an overreliance on Skeat (Robinson's true base text, not Ellesmere as usually claimed). Even in his second edition (1957), Robinson failed to profit from the studies of Manly and Rickert. The third edition ("The Riverside Chaucer," ed. Larry Benson, 1987) threatens to continue this trend.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies.
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations.