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This article aims to address and correct errors found in A. S. G. Edwards's critique of The Oxford Chaucer.

March 5, 2026

Plain Speaking: A Response to A. S. G. Edwards, “Editing and The Oxford Chaucer ”

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This article aims to address and correct errors found in A. S. G. Edwards's critique of The Oxford Chaucer.
Analyzed Edwards's critique for inaccuracies and misinterpretations.
Reviewed the editorial principles of The Oxford Chaucer edition.
Compared Edwards's concerns with past practices in Chaucer editing.
Identified specific errors in Edwards's analysis that weaken his critique.
Demonstrated that Edwards overlooked critical statements regarding editorial principles.
Showed that concerns about orthography were not substantiated by stated metrical principles.

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ABSTRACT This article responds to A. S. G. Edwards’s assessment of the Oxford Chaucer and “whether it constitutes an improvement over its predecessors.” It describes a set of errors by Edwards that fundamentally undermine his critique. There is much to suggest that he failed to read parts of the edition that would have pre-empted many of his concerns, including clear statements of the editorial principles that govern it. Many criticisms seem unaware of past practice in the editing of Chaucer, especially in Edwards’s overwhelming concern with the edition’s chosen orthography. His recurrent concern with orthography also fails to grasp the clearly stated metrical principles by which the Oxford Chaucer proceeds.

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Cannon et al. (Sun,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a91e12d6127c7a504c1ae2 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5325/chaucerrev.61.2.0126

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