'Sethe That Babyl Was Ybuld': Translation and Dissent in Later Medieval England

Author / Editor
Robertson, Kellie Paige.

Title
'Sethe That Babyl Was Ybuld': Translation and Dissent in Later Medieval England

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 58 (1998): 4645A.

Description
Explores conflicts between theories and practice of translation from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Thomas Hoccleve, focusing on how Lollard debates about translation provoked orthodox claims that the vernacular was "pestilential."
Assesses in this context Chaucer's claim to be translating from Latin in TC and his revisions to LGW.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Troilus and Criseyde.
Legend of Good Women.