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Shows that the use of verbs as rhyme words is ubiquitous in medieval (and later) poetry, and therefore not particularly Chaucerian as has been suggested. Suggests that rhyming with infinitives is especially prevalent because the form is…

Comments on charms in TC, ParsT, and MilT as an introduction to a general survey of medieval charms and the need to study them more extensively, especially those in medical manuscripts.

Argues that Dorigen of FranT is educable and capable of philosophical speculation but, as a woman limited by her culture, "she is unable to reason out ethical choices for herself." Through Dorigen (and other female characters), Chaucer criticizes the…

In PF Chaucer deconstructs antifeminist courtly conventions and appropriates power for women. The poem challenges the views of woman promulgated by courtly love by alluding to contemporary political events (marriage of Anne of Bohemia) and by…

Considers theories that Alison conspired with Jankyn to murder her fourth husband, assessing matters of criminal intent and liability, and exploring ways that WBP situates the reader as a victim of the Wife's special pleading.

Considers strategies that have been used to accuse and excuse Chaucer (and others) of prejudice against women, homosexuals, and Jews, suggesting that medieval language theory and Chaucer's awareness of the semiotic gap between sign and signified…

Studies Chaucer's poetic achievement in major and minor works with recurrent attention to relative chronology, the development of Chaucer's art, sources and analogues, and treatment of genres. Focuses on BD; Ven, Pity, and Mars as complaints; HF; LGW…

An introduction to Chaucer's pronunciation, grammar, and prosody, followed by an extensive analysis of his lexicon that considers aspects of his syntax, prose vocabulary, colloquial language, oaths, scientific diction, characterization through…

Gothic fantasy graphic novel in which Chaucer makes a cameo appearance, discussing poetry in a tavern in 1389. One of the characters in the tavern seeks to avoid death, an echo of PardT. Originally published in magazine form as The Sandman 9.16…

A novel set in the contemporary U.S. that alludes to CT in sustained ways. The plot follows a group of racecar fans on the Dale Earnhardt Memorial Pilgrimage, and includes a tour organizer named Bailey; participants named Reverend Knight, Mr.…

Item not seen; cited in MLA International Bibliography, where it is described as concerned with the application of phylogenetic analysis of the stemmatics of WBP.

Episode from a science fiction series about memory erasure and personality manipulation via futuristic technology. Several scenes set in a classroom and teacher's office with references to Chaucer and the Wife of Bath, including a brief reading from…

Item not seen; cited in WorldCat as a play.

Feminist science-fiction novel; concludes with a colophon that echoes TC 5.1786-99.

Feature-length film that includes a fictionalized version of Geoffrey Chaucer (played by Paul Bettany) who serves as herald to a would-be knight, William Thatcher (Heath Ledger). Released on DVD by Columbia Tristar.

Spanish prose translation of CT (except Mel and ParsT), with Th and the Envoy to ClT in verse; translated by Ramón Sopena. Twelve color plates reproduce the sequence of the months from "Les Très Riches Heures" of Jean, Duke of Berry.

Fantasy story about the transmission of Shakespeare's memory from one man to another; includes several references and allusions to Chaucer. The story was first published in Spanish in a limited edition. "La Memoria de Shakespeare" (Buenos Aires:…

Interrelated fictional narratives told in poetry and prose by travelers in modern Nigeria; modeled on CT, with an opening General Prologue and tales told by various vocational types, e.g., the Air-hostess, the Journalist, the Female Petrol Attendant,…

Fictional autobiography of Chaucer in which he recounts the arrival of a thirty-first Canterbury pilgrim, a woman who narrates how she has been impregnated by an extraterrestrial being. Illustrated by Giselda Leirner. In Portuguese.

A series of five case studies in cloxe reading that demonstrate Chaucer's skill with prosodic and rhetorical devices; includes an appendix that defines and exemplifies "figures of style" (pp. 236-42). Chapter 1 contrasts the stylistic virtuosity of…

Reproduces in color the illustrations of the CT pilgrims from the Ellesmere manuscript, and comments on CT, Chaucer and his portrait, and the production and transmission of the manuscript.

Presents a "structural description" of TC which anatomizes its five-book construction, its "time units" and their chronology, and its "narrative units" (signaled by shifts in narrative "modes") and their patterning. The description of these various…

Examines the commonplace theme of "agere et pati" (to act and to suffer) in the works of Chaucer and Spenser, especially KnT and books 1-4 of Spenser's "The Faerie Queene," exploring oppositions between deed and emotion, action and passion, and…

An imitation of Chaucer in rhyme royal stanzas and faux Middle English; includes a prologue. Adapts the tale of Ulysses and Circe.

Presents the personal and pedagogical diary of Dr. John Panage, including his teaching career at John Brown University. The CD records a class session of October 9, 1972, conducted by Panage, that pertains to Chaucer's GP, including the teacher's and…