A Note on Dr. Samuel Johnson and the Reception of Chaucer in Eighteenth-Century England
- Author / Editor
- Snell, William.
A Note on Dr. Samuel Johnson and the Reception of Chaucer in Eighteenth-Century England
- Published
- Hiyoshi Review of English Studies 44 (2004): 157-72
- Description
- Explores why Samuel Johnson did not carry out his publicized intention to produce an annotated edition of Chaucer's works. If he had relied on Urry's edition, the annotated edition would have proved a sorry rival to Tyrwhitt's.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations.