Literary Theory at the Close of the Middle Ages: William Caxton and William Thynne

Author / Editor
Yeager, R. F.

Title
Literary Theory at the Close of the Middle Ages: William Caxton and William Thynne

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 6 (1984): 135-64.

Description
Caxton's Chaucer is "moral," while Thynne's is "gentle." In their selection and rejection of texts both were guided by established critical principles.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations
Chaucerian Apochrypha