'Glosyinge is a glorious thyng': Chaucer's Rhetoric, Manuscripts and Readers

Author / Editor
Caie, Graham [D.]

Title
'Glosyinge is a glorious thyng': Chaucer's Rhetoric, Manuscripts and Readers

Published
Hiroshima Studies in English Language and Literature 46 : 1-12, 2001.

Description
Caie comments on the presence of glosses in English literary manuscripts, arguing that glosses to WBP, MerT, and MLT can be read as attempts by Chaucer (or his scribes) to contain the subversive potential of texts that the glosses accompany.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.