Walter Skeat (1835-1912)
- Author / Editor
- Edwards, A. S. G.
Walter Skeat (1835-1912)
- Published
- Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 171-89.
- Description
- Summarizes the progress of Skeat's career as an editor of Chaucer, articulating his debts to Richard Morris, F. J. Furnivall, and Henry Bradshaw, and acclaiming his accomplishments as the beginning of the "Modern Age" of Chaucer scholarship. Exemplifies flaws in Skeat's method and practice in the Clarendon Chaucer, but praises his comprehensiveness, his "standards of critical editing," and his explanatory notes and glossary.
- Alternative Title
- Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies