John M. Manly (1865-1940) and Edith Rickert (1871-1938)
- Author / Editor
- Kane, George.
John M. Manly (1865-1940) and Edith Rickert (1871-1938)
- Published
- Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 207-29.
- Description
- Denounces Manly and Rickert's "The Text of the Canterbury Tales," asserting the editors' failure to state and maintain consistent editorial methods, their confused and confusing classification of manuscripts, and their error in attempting to apply recension to an incomplete manuscript stemma. Accuses the editors of misreading evidence, misunderstanding scribal practice, ignoring available lexical and grammatical information, and misconstruing Chaucer's practices of composition and revision--offering examples or instances of each kind of error.
- Alternative Title
- Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies
- Canterbury Tales--General