Scribal Mismetring
- Author / Editor
- Burrow, J. A.
Scribal Mismetring
- 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), 169-79.
- Description
- Compares authorial and scribal versions of passages from Hoccleve's verse, focusing on scribal omission of monosyllabic words, spelling variants, and terminal -e. Assesses what Hoccleve's practice might tell us about Gower's practice, and how the two may differ from Chaucer's less-strict habits of meter.
- Alternative Title
- Middle English Poetry: Texts and Traditions. Essays in Honour of Derek Pearsall.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification.