Riverside Chaucer

This peerless edition of Chaucer's complete works is the fruit of many years' study and is widely regarded as the standard text. Edited and annotated to a high standard, and with a new foreword by Christopher Cannon, the Riverside Chaucer is now the indispensable edition for students and readers of Chaucer.

• The most authentic edition of Chaucer's Complete Works available
• The fruit of years of scholarship by an international team of experts
• A new foreword by Christopher Cannon introduces students to recent developments in Chaucer Studies
• A detailed introduction covers Chaucer's life, works, language, and verse
• Includes on-the-page glosses, explanatory notes, textual notes, bibliography, and a glossary

About the Author(s)

Geoffrey Chaucer

General Editor: Larry D. Benson, Harvard University, and, Based on the edition by F. N. Robinson

Table of Contents

• Christopher Cannon: Foreword
  Larry D. Benson: Preface
  INTRODUCTION
  Martin M. Crow & Virginia E. Leland: Chaucer's Life
  Larry D. Benson: The Canon and Chronology of Chaucer's Works
  Norman Davis: Language and Versification
  Larry D. Benson: The Texts
  THE CANTERBURY TALES
  THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS
  THE HOUSE OF FAME
  ANELIDA AND ARCITE
  THE PARLIAMENT OF FOWLS
  BOECE
  THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN
  THE SHORT POEMS
  A TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABE
  THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE
  APPENDIX
  General Bibliography
  Explanatory Notes
  Textual Notes
  Glossary
  Index of Proper Names
  

Reviews

offers a much-needed shot in the arm to Chaucer studies in colleges and universities - Modern Language Review

indispensable for scholars and beginners alike ... Professor Larry D Benson ... deserves a medal both for organizing a formidable team of American and British scholars and for the excellence of his own contributions. - IBooks

an enormous advance on its predecessor ... particularly in its informative introductory materials, glossary ... and the addition of explanatary notes ot the foot of each page. At well over 1, 300 pages, it must be a bargain. - Country Life

This is a comprehensive, readable ... and up-to-date edition of the first major English poet ... the Riverside editors have served their poet handsomely. The new texts are improvements on which reveal just how brilliant an editor Robinson was, despite his limited access to the manuscripts.' - The Guardian

The Riverside Chaucer . . . is beautiful to look at and a sensuous delight to handle. Within its stout covers the entire works of the father of English literature are displayed in fine clear type with very adequate footnote glossaries. The linguistic, historical and literary scholarship are a masterpiece of Anglo-American collaboration. The reading of Chaucer is made into an exquisite pleasure, not a philological chore. This is the best edition of Chaucer in existence. - Anthony Burgess