The Uses of Manuscripts: Late Medieval English

Author / Editor
Pearsall, Derek.

Title
The Uses of Manuscripts: Late Medieval English

Published
Harvard Library Bulletin, n.s., 4:4 (1993-94): 30-36.

Description
Surveys problems with critical editions that distort readers' ideas of medieval literature and indicates directions for the scholarly study of manuscripts. The article refers repeatedly to manuscripts of Chaucer and of Langland.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.