The Appreciation of Handmade Literature
- Author / Editor
- Dwyer, Richard A.
The Appreciation of Handmade Literature
- Published
- Chaucer Review 8 (1974): 221-40.
- Description
- Savors the indeterminacies of manuscript transmission, treating them as a form of "anonymous or indeterminate revision" in contrast with strict, modern notions of authorial revision. Exemplifies the variety found in manuscripts of "Piers Plowman," CT (tales out of context, spurious tales, conflations, etc.), and various Middle English lyrics; then examines at greater length the rich variety of thirteen versions (in 150 manuscripts) of French translations of Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies
- Canterbury Tales--General