The Debate on the Order of 'The Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Blake, N. F.
The Debate on the Order of 'The Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses 10 (1985): 31-42.
- Description
- Refutes Benson's view (SAC 3 (1981), pp. 77-120) that Ellesmere represents Chaucer's final arrangement of CT. Like Manly and Rickert, Blake thinks there is no Chaucerian order and that after Chaucer's death scribes tried to achieve a satisfactory one.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies.