Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913-1959

Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913-59 traces J. R. R. Tolkien's critical engagements with Geoffrey Chaucer from his undergraduate Oxford essays in 1913 to remarks in his retirement lecture in 1959. Reprinted with both Tolkien's own annotations and new notes from the authors, this book analyses his major articles such as ^"e;Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve's Tale"e;, as well as his unpublished edition of...