Who Is Buried in Chaucer's Tomb?: Studies in the Reception of Chaucer's Book

by Joseph A. Dane

Joseph A. Dane examines the history of the books we now know as "Chaucer's"--a history that includes printers and publishers, editors, antiquarians, librarians, and book collectors. The Chaucer at issue here is not a medieval poet, securely bound within his fourteenth-century context, but rather the product of the often chaotic history of the physical books that have been produced and marketed in his name. This history involves a series of myths about...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870134329
• ISBN13: 9780870134326
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 309 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"