Textual Variation and the Alliterative Tradition : Canterbury Tales I.2602-2619, the D Group and Takamiya MS 32
- Author / Editor
- Cooper, Helen.
Textual Variation and the Alliterative Tradition : Canterbury Tales I.2602-2619, the D Group and Takamiya MS 32
- Published
- Takami Matsuda, Richard A. Linenthal, and John Scahill, eds. The Medieval Book and a Modern Collector: Essays in Honour of Toshiyuki Takamiya (Cambridge: Brewer; Tokyo: Yushodo, 2004), pp. 71-80.
- Description
- Examines manuscript variants in KnT 1.2616-17 in relation to Chaucer's awareness of alliterative tradition and its lexicon, suggesting that "hurtleth" is preferable to "hurteth" at 2616 and that "born" (D Group) for "hurt" at 2617 may have been influenced by the preceding line.
- Alternative Title
- The Medieval Book and a Modern Collector: Essays in Honour of Toshiyuki Takamiya.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale.
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies