I do not wish to be called auctour, but the pore compilatour : The Plight of the Medieval Vernacular Poet
- Author / Editor
- Caie, Graham D.
I do not wish to be called auctour, but the pore compilatour : The Plight of the Medieval Vernacular Poet
- Published
- Miscelánea 29 (2004): 9-21.
- Description
- Caie describes features of manuscript ordinatio, material, glossing, etc. to show how late medieval English vernacular manuscripts (especially those of Chaucer and Gower) lay claim to authority even while their authors assert that they are only compilers. Clarifies "scribe," "compiler," "author," and related terms as they are used by the poets.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies
- Language and Word Studies.