These editions certainly established Chaucer's reputation, but they also began the complicated process of reconstructing and frequently inventing Chaucer's biography and the canonical list of works which were attributed to him.
Ta su izdanja etablirala Chaucerovu reputaciju, ali su ujedno iz započela komplicirani proces rekonstruiranja i čestog izmišljanja Chaucerove biografije i kanonskog popisa djela koja mu se pripisuju.