Utz, Richard: Chaucer and the Discourse of German Philology

A History of Reception and an Annotated Bibliography of Studies, 1798-1948. The book offers a case study of the developement of German-speaking scholars playing a decisive role in founding and shaping the study of medieval and early modern English language and culture by investigating the reception of Geoffrey Chaucer by eminat scholars such as V. A. Huber. W. Hertzberg, B ten Brink, J. Zupitza, E. Flügel, and J. Koch. The narrative of their nationalist, scientist and self-fashioning efforts is complemented by a comprehensive annotated bibliography of German Chaucer criticism between 1793 and 1948. XXI,446 Seiten, gebunden (Making the Middle Ages; Vol. 3/Brepols 2002)