Includes (pp. 256-76) KnT in a modern prose version from Eleanor Farjeon's "Tales of Chaucer" (1930), here "slightly cut" and titled "Palamon and Arcite." Includes a b&w illus. of Emelye walking below the prison tower.
Hone, Ralph E., ed.
San Francisco: Chandler, 1966.
A textbook edition of "Samson Agonistes" that includes among the poem's "Antecedents" the Samson section of MkT (CT 7. 3205-3284) from Skeat's 1894 edition.
A history of the English language that emphasizes sidelights (alphabets, reform movements, etc.) as well as major developments (Old English through Post-Modern English), with a select bibliography, an index, and recurrent attention to literature,…
Romps through the western literary canon, including commentary on CT and scoring it a 10 in Importance, 6 in Accessibility, and 9 in Fun; TC rates 4, 3, and 4, respectively. Distinguishes CT from the novel tradition, and summarizes, irreverently,…
Inspired by CT and designed for 2-3 players, aged 10 and above. Players are "medieval pardoners who travel the Road to Canterbury tempting Pilgrims with the Seven Deadly Sins--and then pardon these sins for a fee," with the goal of winning the most…
Sanders, Barry.
Papers on Language and Literature 3, supplement (1967): 3-13.
Discusses the theme of distorted love in HF, where "love of self" is depicted as replacing the ideal of "'commune profit,' that is love for others and for the larger order of the universe" held together by the "great chain." Argues that courtly love…
Leggett, Glenn, and Henry-York Steiner, eds.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967.
Includes a brief introduction to Chaucer and his works, with a selection from GP and PrT, NPT, and PardT (without their prologues), accompanied by marginal glosses and bottom-of-the-page notes.
Kolinsky, Muriel.
Papers on Language and Literature 3, supplement (1967): 40-49.
Tabulates the uses of second-person singular pronouns ("ye" and "thou") in speeches between pilgrims in CT, and focuses on instances in which the Host uses these pronouns to address his fellow pilgrims, observing a concern with rank.
Knapp, Daniel, and Niel K. Snortum.
Champaign, Ill.: National Council of the Teachers of English, 1967. (5778-5782)
Introduces Chaucer's language and its place in English language history, describing his vocabulary (including a list of misleading cognates and obsolete or difficult forms), morphology, grammar, and phonology--all exemplified in the booklet and in…
Kelly, Edward Hanford.
Papers on Language and Literature 03, supplement (1967): 28-30.
Assesses the Helen-Deiphebus sub-plot in TC for the ways that it reinforces the poem's theme of inconstancy and anticipates Criseyde's relationship with Diomedes.
Hatton, Thomas J.
Papers on Language and Literature 3, supplement (1967): 31-39.
Argues that Chauntecleer's character in NPT "reflects not only the victims in the Monk's tragedies but the Monk himself," focusing on "echoes and parallels" between NPT and MkT, their concern with fortune, and the Nun's Priest's warning to the Monk.
Harrington, David V.
Papers on Language and Literature 3, supplement (1967): 71-79.
Explores rhetorical devices in KnT, and suggests that "analysis of its rhetoric" reveals that the poem is "organized" as a "demande d'amour," identifying how Chaucer adjusted the rhetoric of his source, Boccaccio's "Teseida."
Gardner, John.
Papers on Language and Literature 3, supplement (1967): 80-106.
Justifies following the Ellesmere order of the CT on thematic grounds, arguing that the arrangement is "probably Chaucer's," taking note of probable stages in Chaucer's process of composition, and observing a "general coherence" of concerns with…
Fifield, Merle.
Papers on Language and Literature 3, supplement (1967): 63-70.
Argues that the imagery of court revels influenced Chaucer's works: "revels imagery ornaments" MerT, "structures the opening" of SqT, and "motivates choices" in FranT.
Dunleavy, Gareth W.
Papers on Language and Literature 3, supplement (1967): 14-27.
Explores the pervasiveness of the influence of Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy" on Chaucer's works, noting its role as the source of Bo, summarizing its well-recognized impact on Chaucer's "discourses on providence, 'gentilesse,' and truth" in…
Bessinger, J. B., Jr., reader
New York: Caedmon, 1967. (TC 1226)
A reading in Middle English of PF, MerB, Ros, Sted, Purse, Adam, and Scogan, accompanied by a companion booklet that comprises the text, notes, and glosses based on E. T Donaldson's "Chaucer's Poetry" (1958).
Bessinger, J. B., Jr., reader.
New York: Caedmon, 1967. (TC 1223)
A reading in Middle English of MilPT and RvPT, accompanied by a companion booklet that comprises the text, notes, and glosses based on E. T. Donaldson's "Chaucer's Poetry" (1958).
Starkie, Martin, narrator.
Coghill, Nevill, trans.
Hamburg: Deutsche Grammophon, 1968. (139 380 A)
Includes selections from GP in translation by Nevill Coghill, set to music, and narrated by Martin Starkie: the opening of GP and the descriptions of the Knight, the "Knight's Son,", the "Nun," the "Guild," the Monk, the Wife of Bath, the Shipman,…
Halverson, John, ed.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1971.
Edits a selection from CT, with text based on Robinson's 1957 edition, modified in light of Manly and Rickert's collations. Includes complete versions of GP, KnT, MilT, RvT, WBT, FrT, SumT, ClT, MerT, FranT, PardT, PrT, NPT, and Ret, with summaries…
Coghill, Nevill.
London: English Association, 1971.
Explores the history of the idea of nobility or gentility in European tradition, tracing the etymology of "gentilesse" and Chaucer's importance in the development of the concept in English, especially in KnT, FranT, and WBT. Links Chaucer's uses to…
Offers a psychotherapeutic approach to literature, including discussion of Chaucer's "Marriage Group" (pp. 91-120). Praises WBP for its feminine acceptance of the realities of love and the simultaneous pursuit of the desire to transcend them. The…
Hoffman, Richard L.
Notes and Queries 210 (1965): 213-16.
Argues that Chaucer's allusions to Argus in WBP, MerT, and TC derive ultimately from Ovid's "Ars Amatoria" and "Amores" and capitalize on the "conventional moral significations" of the moralized commentary tradition, lending resonances to the…
Hoffman, Richard L.
Notes and Queries 210 (1965): 406-9.
Suggests that although Chaucer generally follows Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy" in his account of the labors of Hercules, one discrepancy may have been influenced by a scholists' gloss to Ovid's "Ibis" 401-2.
Hoffman, Richard L.
American Notes and Queries 3.7 (1965): 101.
Identifies Ovid's "Amores" 3.4.41-42 as a possible source for the "incompatibility of beauty and marital fidelity" that underlies the choice offered by the loathly lady to the knight in WBT 3.1219-27.
