F.N. Robinson (1872-1967)
- Author / Editor
- Reinecke, George F.
F.N. Robinson (1872-1967)
- Published
- Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 231-51.
- Description
- Describes the "elephantine gestation" of Robinson's edition of Chaucer's "Works," summarizes its early reception and progress to becoming a "standard edition," and assesses the text as "conservative, highly informed, and eclectic, though arrived at after much of the procedure for establishing a critical text had been performed." Compares Robinson's methods with those formalized by Joseph BeĢdier, exemplifies his practice, and comments approvingly about his explanatory materials and his second edition, with several concerns about the glossary in each edition.
- Alternative Title
- Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies