Taking a look at the old books containing works by Chaucer, and his follower, John Lydgate, this title centres around a familiar question: what is an author? It... » 

Taking a look at the old books containing works by Chaucer, and his follower, John Lydgate, this title centres around a familiar question: what is an author? It demonstrates that the shift from manuscript to print was part of the controversial process by which Chaucer earned his exclusive place in English literary history. «