Chaucer and the Trots: What to Do About Those Modern English Translations

Author / Editor
Beidler, Peter G.

Title
Chaucer and the Trots: What to Do About Those Modern English Translations

Published
Chaucer Review 19 (1985): 290-301.

Description
Translations of Chaucer are inadequate and have no place in serious literary scholarship. Reviews of translations are also misleading since they may suggest that modern English versions lift a veil from the opacity of Chaucer's poetry.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.