Chaucer's Book of the Duchess : A Proposal

Author / Editor
Seymour, M. C.

Title
Chaucer's Book of the Duchess : A Proposal

Published
Medium Ævum 74 (2005): 60-70

Description
Examines the manuscript and editorial traditions of BD to argue for a new edition, based on MS Tanner 346, sensitive to the poem's octosyllabic meter and aware of scribal contamination. Suggests a number of emendations.

Chaucer Subjects
Book of the Duchess.
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.