'A Definite Claim to Beauty': 'The Canterbury Tales' in the Kelmscott Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- Bradbury, Nancy.
'A Definite Claim to Beauty': 'The Canterbury Tales' in the Kelmscott Chaucer
- Published
- John M. Hill, Bonnie Wheeler, and R. F. Yeager, eds. Essays on Aesthetics and Medieval Literature in Honor of Howell Chickering (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 2014), pp. 262-90.
- Description
- Discusses handcrafted production and aesthetic beauty of the Kelmscott Chaucer and responds to the question "What constitutes 'beauty' in medieval poetry?" Provides historical background on the Kelmscott Press, the relationship between William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, and the medieval craftsmanship that influenced the making of the Kelmscott Chaucer.
- Alternative Title
- Essays on Aesthetics and Medieval Literature in Honor of Howell Chickering.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations