Item not seen; reported in the MLA International Bibliography as a discussion of syntax, impersonal constructions, and variants in CT manuscripts. In Japanese.
Item not seen; reported in the MLA International Bibliography as a comparative linguistic treatment of dreams in Chaucer, Gower, and Langland. In Japanese.
Wangerin, Walter, Jr.
San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985.
Fantasy novel, loosely based on NPT, featuring Chauntecleer and Pertelote, along with various barnyard, woodland, and mythic animals. Sequel to Wangerin's "The Book of the Dun Cow" (1978).
Popular social history, presented as a travel guide for the "historical traveler," i.e., the modern traveler in medieval England; includes sections on "Where to Stay," "What to Eat and Drink," etc. The index cites numerous references to Chaucer as a…
Newman, Andrea.
Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, 1977.
A novel with recurrent allusions to TC, including a five-book structure, epigraphs derived from Nevill Coghill's translation of TC, and overt references to the poem.
Historical fiction and murder mystery, involving Chaucer and his contemporaries, including John of Gaunt, Adam Scriveyn, the murdered Cecily Champagne, and others.
Appreciative commentary on nineteen major works of literature, from Genesis to T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land." The section on Chaucer (pp. 69-83) focuses on critical attitudes toward his comedy, irony, and rhetoric, and assesses the "implied…
Hacht, Anne Marie, and David Kelly, eds.
Detroit: Gale, 2002.
Includes a brief biography of Chaucer, plot summaries of the frame and the tales of CT, discussion of themes and style, a description of historical context, a critical overview, a selection of sixteen critical essays or excerpts, and suggestions for…
Bravo [García], Antonio, ed.
[Oviedo]: Universidad de Oviedo, Servicio de Publicaciones, 1998.
This anthology of Middle English writing includes MilT and PardT(edited from the Ellesmere manuacript), with facing-page glosses and a brief introduction.
Robb, Candace [M.]
New York: St. Martin's; London: Heinemann, 1995.
Murder mystery involving a nun who apparently comes back to life; Chaucer figures as a secondary character. Translated into Italian as "La Reliquia Rubata: Thriller Medioevale" (Casale Monferrato: Piemme, 2001).
Fifteen volumes comprise this reading of CT in Middle English: 1) MilT, 2) GP and RvT; 3) GP and PardPT; 4) WBPT; 5) FranPT; 6) MerPT; 7) NPT, ShT, and PrPT; 8) FrPT, SumPT, and Thop; 9) ClT and PhyT; 10) KnT [two cassettes]; 11) MLT, CkT, and ManT;…
Walton, William, Sir.
U. K.: EMI Records, 1977.
London: Oxford University Press, [1954].
Adaptation of TC as an opera, with libretto by Christopher Hassell, originally rpoduced in 1954. This revised version was released by EMI on CD (2 discs) in 1995, with a 43 pp. booklet that includes a production history, synopsis, and libretto. Also…
Critical discussion of Chaucer's life and each of his major works, including a section concerned with the resonances of his poetry in later literature, including Russian literature. Considers social and religious conditions of Chaucer's age, his…
