Wordsworth's Chaucer: Mediation and Transformation in English Literary History.

Author / Editor
Espie, Jeff.

Title
Wordsworth's Chaucer: Mediation and Transformation in English Literary History.

Published
Philological Quarterly 94 (2015): 337–65.

Description
Examines Chaucer's influence on Wordsworth's poetry, especially in "Lyrical Ballads" and "Ecclesiastical Sonnets." Establishes that Wordsworth is a "Chaucerian translator," because of his engagement with Chaucerian literary tradition.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion