About the event
In the sixteenth century, a shift occurred in the way people read Chaucer: instead of manuscripts or smaller printed books, readers were now most likely to encounter his poems in large printed collections.
This talk explores how this shift changed the way that readers understood Chaucer and his writings, transforming Chaucer from an affectionately admired poetic forefather into a foundational figure of English literary history.
Speaker
Megan L Cook is an associate professor of English at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, who researches and writes about the fate of medieval texts and books in early modern England. She is the author of The Poet and the Antiquaries: Chaucerian Scholarship and the Rise of English Literary History, 1532–1635 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019) and co-editor, with Elizaveta Strakhov, of John Lydgate's Dance of Death and Related Works (Medieval Institute Publications, 2019).
Booking information
This event takes place in person at the Weston Library. The event is free, and booking is required.
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Location
Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG
Wheelchair access
The Weston Library is wheelchair accessible.
