'The Canterbury Tales' and 'Gamelyn'

Author / Editor
Edwards, A. S. G.

Title
'The Canterbury Tales' and 'Gamelyn'

Published
Christopher Cannon and Maura Nolan, eds. Medieval Latin and Middle English Literature: Essays in Honour of Jill Mann (Cambridge: Brewer, 2011), pp. 76-90.

Description
Examines twenty-five CT mss in which "Gamelyn" appears and makes suggestions about the tale's relationship to the CT, arguing against the notion that early scribes included it on "wholly whimsical grounds." Its inclusion early in the textual tradition and its occurrence only with the CT invite further consideration.

Alternative Title
Medieval Latin and Middle English Literature: Essays in Honour of Jill Mann.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies
Chaucerian Apocrypha