This collection of 32 modernised versions of The Canterbury Tales
which appeared in the 18th century offers basic material for
studying the history of attitudes to Chaucer, and Chaucer
scholarship, duringthe period. Reception data so precise and
extensive is available only for Chaucer among English authors. At
least seventeen known and anonymous writers produced thirty-two
modernised Canterbury tales during the century, plus tale links and
adaptations of each other's work. The present collection contains
only modernisations that have not seen print since 1796, thus
excluding those by Pope and Dryden. Although most works in this
collection may be examined further in several British and American
libraries, others cannot. Apparently only one copy has survived of
an anonymous Miller's Tale (1791) with a thoughtful preface
justifying the tale's overt sexuality published just as William
Lipscomb was completing his 1795 edition that, in its preface,
justifies exclusion from the pilgrimage of the notorious tales of
Miller and Reeve. Such contrasting attitudes illustrate the dangers
of generalisation about the usual reception or interpretation of
Chaucer during this or any other socio-historic period; instead,
the collection provides an untapped reservoir of material with
which to investigate anew the rich complexity of his poetry and its
enduring appeal. BETSY BOWDEN is Professor of English at Rutgers
University, New Jersey.
General
| Imprint: |
D.S. Brewer
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Chaucer Studies |
| Release date: |
March 1991 |
| First published: |
1991 |
| Editors: |
Betsy Bowden
(Royalty Account)
|
| Dimensions: |
244 x 172 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
283 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-85991-309-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-85991-309-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780859913096 |
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