Manuscript and Print: Books, Readers, and Writers

Author / Editor
Boffey, Julia.

Title
Manuscript and Print: Books, Readers, and Writers

Published
Corinne Saunders, ed. A Companion to Medieval Poetry (Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), pp. 538-54.

Description
Boffey describes the nature and circulation of Middle English poetic manuscripts and early printed editions, with recurrent comments on manuscript production and traces of readers' responses. Draws examples from a wide variety of manuscripts and editions, including those of Chaucer's works.

Alternative Title
A Companion to Medieval Poetry.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.