Chaucer and the Discourse of German Philology: A History of Critical Reception and an Annotated Bibliography of Studies, 1793-1948

Author / Editor
Utz, Richard (J.)

Title
Chaucer and the Discourse of German Philology: A History of Critical Reception and an Annotated Bibliography of Studies, 1793-1948

Published
Turnhout : Brepols, 2002.

Physical Description
xxi, 446 pp.

Series
Making the Middle Ages, no. 3.

Description
Surveys the nineteenth- and twentieth-century development of Chaucer study in Germany and Austria and examines the reception of this study in England and America. German philological practice established a standard that was distrusted after World War I, but it continues to have influence. The book includes a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of German Chaucer criticism between 1793 and 1948.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.