Book of Troilus and Criseyde

An accurate reproduction of what the poem was when Chaucer had made his final revisions—an enormously complex task, for the eighteen manuscripts and early printed editions show continuous alteration by the poet. Mr. Root’s general solution of the problem will be accepted.

Originally published in 1966.

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