Ten contributions investigate Chaucer's role in British letters in the 16th and early 17th centuries, and the ways in which writers in this period defined themselves retrospectively in relation
to the 14th century. Topics include gratitude towards Chaucer on the part of readers, readers, editors, and publishers; the effects of Henry VIII's sponsorship of William Thynne's edition of
Chaucer; and the manner in which Spenser represents his own poetic authority through the instrument of Chaucer's work. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
