Manuscripts: The Textual Record of Middle English Poetry.

Author / Editor
Horobin, Simon.

Title
Manuscripts: The Textual Record of Middle English Poetry.

Published
Helen Cooper and Robert R. Edwards, eds. Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), pp. 54-68.

Description
Considers the specifics of the material form and transmission of Middle English poetry, touching on the idea of the anthology, along with examples. Concludes by tracing the dearth of evidence for pre-1400 transmission of Chaucer's works (along with Gower's and Langland's).

Alternative Title
Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies