Humanism, Reading, and English Literature 1430-1530

Author / Editor
Wakelin, Daniel.

Title
Humanism, Reading, and English Literature 1430-1530

Published
Oxford: Oxford University Press,2007.

Physical Description
xi, 254 pp.

Description
Explores "reading habits" in fifteenth-century England and the extent to which they are part of the humanist movement, examining how manuscript glossing, responses, and other forms of commentary reflect philological, stylistic, and political attitudes that characterize humanism. Assesses reactions to Chaucer's Bo in manuscripts and Caxton's edition and comments on awareness of Chaucer's classicizing interests among fifteenth-century writers.

Chaucer Subjects
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