Modernising the Medieval: Eighteenth-Century Translations of Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- Brewer, Derek.
Modernising the Medieval: Eighteenth-Century Translations of Chaucer
- Published
- Marie-Francoise Alamichel and Derek Brewer, eds. The Middle Ages After the Middle Ages in the English-Speaking World. (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell and Brewer, 1997): pp.103-20.
- Description
- Surveys the reception of Chaucer reflected in translations by Dryden, Samuel Johnson, Pope, and Wordsworth, viewing it as the beginning of modern criticism, of the modern idea of a national literature, of modern textual criticism, and of modern incomprehension of Chaucer's language. As understanding and enjoyment increased, poetic influence decreased.
- Alternative Title
- The Middle Ages After the Middle Ages in the English-Speaking World.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.