Paratextual Chaucerianism: Naturalizing French Texts in Early Printed Verse

Description: In the course of "Englishing" certain foreign texts, some early printers used Chaucerian "paratexts," evoking Chaucer's works, allusions, or style in efforts to bridge the gap between one literary period and the next and to express nostalgia for a late-medieval mode.; Such paratexts served as advertising "book jackets," authorizing the work and creating the impression of "literary continuity across time and across the boundaries and nation."