Editorial Authority: William Thynne and the Construction of The Chaucer Canon in the Henrician Age
- Author / Editor
- Costomiris, Robert Douglas.
Editorial Authority: William Thynne and the Construction of The Chaucer Canon in the Henrician Age
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 56 (1996): 4783A.
- Description
- William Thynne, the first true editor of Chaucer's oeuvre, performed fewer duties for the royal household than has been believed; thus, he had more time for editing. Familiar with the three previous printings and with many manuscripts, he built on Caxton's edition and apparently relied most heavily on one manuscript, Tanner 346.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations.