1st Edition

The Plowman's Tale The c. 1532 and 1606 Editions of a Spurious Canterbury Tale

By Mary Rhinelander McCarl Copyright 1997
    318 Pages
    by Routledge

    318 Pages
    by Routledge

    Published in 1997: An edition of the literary virus that inserted itself into the Canterbury Tales and passed as authentic until the late 19th century. The virulent attack on the clergy made possible the Renaissance conception of Chaucer as a pre-Protestant English patriot.

    1. The Plowman's Tale c. 1533  2. The Plowman's Tale, 1606

    Biography

    Mary Rhinelander McCarl