The Colony Writes Back: F. N. Robinson's 'Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer' and the 'Translatio' of Chaucer Studies to the United States

Author / Editor
Utz, Richard.

Title
The Colony Writes Back: F. N. Robinson's 'Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer' and the 'Translatio' of Chaucer Studies to the United States

Published
Studies in Medievalism 19 (2010): 160-203.
Defining Neomedievalism(s)

Description
Uses a postcolonial approach to examine the publication and reception of Robinson's edition of Chaucer's works (1933) in its historical context, particularly the rise of scholarly productivity in the United States and attitudes toward England and Germany between World War I and World War II.

Chaucer Subjects
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations