Rockwell Kent's Canterbury Pilgrims
- Author / Editor
- Wein, Jake Milgram
Rockwell Kent's Canterbury Pilgrims
- Published
- William K. Finley and Joseph Rosenblum, eds. Chaucer Illustrated: Five Hundred Years of the Canterbury Tales in Pictures (New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll; London: British Library, 2003), pp. 311-25.
- Description
- Wein examines and appreciates the ways Kent's illustrations of the Canterbury pilgrims broke with formal and interpretive traditions. The essay focuses on the aesthetic impact of the lavish 1930 limited edition (published by Covici-Friede), later frequently reprinted.
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer Illustrated: Five Hundred Years of the Canterbury Tales in Pictures
- Chaucer Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations.