The Ellesmere Chaucer: The Once and Future "Canterbury Tales."
- Author / Editor
- Simpson, James.
The Ellesmere Chaucer: The Once and Future "Canterbury Tales."
- Published
- Huntington Library Quarterly 85 (2022): 197-218.
- Description
- Examines the manuscript portrait of Chaucer in the Ellesmere manuscript (El) and its scribal rubrics as they reflect the poet’s status in his own age. Reviews historical study of the manuscript, its provenance, tale order, and text, accepting Chaucer as one of its "makers" and Adam Pinkhurst as its scribe, commenting on materials that accompany CT in El, and showing how El can cast light on Chaucer's design for CT and his intentions, especially political intentions in Mel.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies
Canterbury Tales--General
Tale of Melibee