The Revision of Chaucer's 'Troilus': The 'Beta' Text

Author / Editor
Cook, Daniel.

Title
The Revision of Chaucer's 'Troilus': The 'Beta' Text

Published
Chaucer Review 9 (1974): 51-62.

Description
Summarizes R. K. Root's theory of three classes of TC manuscripts, and analyzes several variants to argue for the superiority of those found in Root's "beta" class. Treats "beta" variants as authorial revisions.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde
Manuscripts and Textual Studies