John Urry (1666-1715)
- Author / Editor
- Alderson, William L.
John Urry (1666-1715)
- Published
- Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 93-115.
- Description
- Summarizes the practices and impact of John Urry's 1721 edition of Chaucer's works, describing its conservative canon and its text that, though based on multiple witnesses, was radically emended in order to achieve metrical regularity. Published after Urry's death, the edition was produced by a group of men (including John Dart and Timothy and William Thomas) and marred by a vexed "prepublication history."
- Excerpted from William L. Alderson and Arnold C. Henderson, Chaucer and Augustan Scholarship (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970).
- Alternative Title
- Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations
- Chaucer's Life
- Style and Versification