My Compleinte and Other Poems: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies

“The wealth of detail noticed and reported on by Ellis is absolutely staggering . . . It is a serious work, offered by a committed textual scholar who has investigated all the complex issues of authority and transmission . . . it allows us to bring into the classroom data about the complex and unique history of textual transformation for Hoccleve’s works, a real “behind the scenes” look at medieval authorship and composition . . . One thing is certain, the reader will know Hoccleve well as poet, translator and scribe after reading this edition cover to cover, all the way through, as Hoccleve long ago exhorted us to do. Ellis’s edition, bursting at the seams with historical, textual and critical detail, a feast of both matter and art, will doubtlessly be a major factor in the renaissance of Hoccleve studies.” -The Medieval Review