Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 16 AIL 1534 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: Reading the Glosses as Text
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The idea
Chaucer's marginal glosses and Beowulf's braced summaries are editorial help. A candidate who quotes a gloss as the author's word has quoted a modern scholar. Amendment V-9 keeps typography out of teaching, and this is its practical form.
In practice
A gloss is a modern scholar's word.
Where people slip
V-9, in practice.
Your place on the trail
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