The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. 2d ed.
- Author / Editor
- Robinson, F. N., ed.
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. 2d ed.
- Published
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin; London: Oxford University Press, 1957.
- Physical Description
- xliv, 1002 pp.
- Series
- New Cambridge Edition. Originally published as the Cambridge Edition (1933)
- Description
- Edits the complete works of Chaucer from various manuscripts, with end-of-volume explanatory notes, textual notes, and glossary. A general Introduction summarizes Chaucer's life, the canon and chronology of his works, his language and meter, and the text of this edition. Individual introductions to each work (each fragment for the CT) comment on genre, source, background, and critical issues. Long the standard edition of Chaucer's work, first published in 1933 under the title "The Poetical Works of Chaucer," even though prose works were included. Significant changes between the two editions described in a "Preface to the Second Edition."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations
Background and General Criticism