Caxton Definition

Caxton Sentence Examples

• In the first, or general, prologue, Douglas claims a higher position for Virgil than for his master Chaucer, and attacks Caxton for his inadequate rendering of a French translation of the Aeneid.

• Chaucer translated it into English prose before the year 1382; and this translation was published by Caxton at Westminster, 1480.

• We hear some ' One may recall, in this connexion, Caxton's very interesting prologue to Malory's Morte d'Arthur and his remarks on the permanent value of the " histories " of this British hero.

• Here he filled the post of editor till his death, and had also the supervision of all works issued from the Caxton Press.

• His Morte d'Arthur, printed by Caxton in 1485, epitomizes the rich mythology which Geoffrey's work had first called into life, and gave the Arthurian story a lasting place in the English imagination.