Norton Chaucer
by David Lawton
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"A vibrant edition brings Chaucer's complete works to life. Both an enhanced digital edition and a handsome print volume, The Norton Chaucer provides the complete poetry and prose, meticulously glossed and annotated specifically for undergraduate readers, with apparatus reflecting current scholarship--all at an unmatched value. A new generation of students can now be introduced to Chaucer's verse in Middle English through a comprehensive revision, update, and expansion of E.T. Donaldson's edition, using his admired spelling system throughout. David Lawton's lively introductions--a general introduction to Chaucer's life, language, and influence and headnotes for each work--bring fresh scholarship to life for undergraduate readers. Extensive marginal glosses and explanatory footnotes help with understanding"--