The Survival of Chaucer's Punctuation in the Early Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Solopova, Elizabeth.

Title
The Survival of Chaucer's Punctuation in the Early Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales

Published
A. J. Minnis, ed. Middle English Poetry: Texts and Traditions. Essays in Honour of Derek Pearsall (Woodbridge, Suffolk; and Rochester, N.Y.: York Medieval Press, 2001), pp.27-40.

Description
Compares punctuation in the Hengwrt and Ellesmere manuscripts with that of other manuscripts to argue that Chaucer's punctuation survives in the virgules of Hengwrt and Ellesmere, related to his development of the iambic pentameter line.

Alternative Title
Middle English Poetry: Texts and Traditions. Essays in Honour of Derek Pearsall.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification.
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.
Canterbury Tales--General.