When Dinosauers Ruled the Earth: A Short History of German 'Chaucerphilologie' in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century

Author / Editor
Utz, Richard [J.]

Title
When Dinosauers Ruled the Earth: A Short History of German 'Chaucerphilologie' in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century

Published
Philologie im Netz 21: 54-62, 2002.

Description
This account of German-speaking Chaucer philology in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries challenges recent accusations that philology is responsible for the backward state of medieval studies. Different phases of Chaucer study are consistent with their contemporary political, historical, social, and academic contexts.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.