"Here taketh the makere of this book his leve": The "Retraction" and Chaucer's Works in Tudor England.

Author / Editor
Cook, Megan L.

Title
"Here taketh the makere of this book his leve": The "Retraction" and Chaucer's Works in Tudor England.

Published
Studies in Philology 113 (2016): 32-54.

Description
Analyzes the absence of Ret from editions of CT published between 1532 and 1721, along with the publication of Adam in 1561, arguing that the combination affected views on textual accuracy and authorial control in Chaucer reception.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Retraction
Adam Scriveyn
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