Hughes, Ted.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998.
A series of husband-to-wife [Hughes to Sylvia Plath] love poems in free verse, including two poems that refer to Chaucer: "St Botolph's" (pp. 14-15) which connects Chaucer with Dante and astrology, and "Chaucer" (pp. 51-52) which commemorates a…
Osborn, Marijane.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998.
Anthologizes three Middle English "woman-centered" romances--"Emaré," "Le Bone Florence of Rome" (Part 2), and MLT--in rhymed modern English, and discusses their common theme of castaway queens, their sources and analogues, and modern reflexes of…
Haahr, Joan G.
James J. Paxson and Cynthia A. Gravlee, eds. Desiring Discourse: The Literature of Love, Ovid Through Chaucer (Selinsgrove, Penn.: Susquehanna University Press; London: Associated University Presses, 1998), pp. 39-61.
Focuses on "recusatio" ("'refusal' to obey") as a rhetorical device used in classical tradition to justify the "poetic legitimacy of amatory subjects" and broadened in medieval tradition to enable "new types of courtly literature emphasizing private…
Hieatt, Constance B.
Martha Carlin and Joel T. Rosenthal, eds. Food and Eating in Medieval Europe (London and Rio Grande, Ohio: Hambledon Press, 1998), pp. 101-15
Corrects a number of misconceptions about medieval recipes and includes clarification of the meaning of "gyngebreed" in Th (CT 7.854).
Gastle, Brian W.
Dissertation Abstracts International 59 (1999): 3446A.
Describes the social and economic status of the "femme sole" in late medieval England, and discusses the role of the figure in select Paston letters, the Book of Margery Kempe, and CT, particularly the Guildsmen, the WBPT, MerT, ShT, and the…
Middleton, Anne.
Studies in Bibliography 51 (1998): 63-116.
Working from the editions by Thynne and Skeat, Middleton seeks to correct the text of Usk's "Testament of Love" (first printed by Thynne as Chaucer's), particularly its misplaced portions in Book 3. Makes several suggestions about the nature of the…
Cole, Carol A.
Michigan Academician 29 (1997): 511-20.
Argues that Henryson's "Testament of Cresseid" is fundamentally Boethian in its castigation of "inconstant Venereal love," and suggests that Henryson links his poem to TC in order to "underscore the Boethian view of love."
Describes the pedagogical use of museum objects (from the Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame) in support of a Freshman Seminar in medieval literature, with particular focus on CT, Santiago de Compostela, and pilgrimage.
Vantuono, William, ed.
New York: Peter Lang, 1994.
A pedagogical anthology designed for use in classes on the History of the English Language. The materials that pertain to Chaucer (pp. 81-115) include Bo 2m5 ("The Former Age"), a guide to pronunciation, lines 1-42 of GP, and PardPT.
Winny, James, ed. Rev. ed. Sean Kane and Beverly Winny, eds.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Middle English edition of WBPT and GP description of the Wife of Bath, with end-of-text notes and glossary. The Introduction (pp. 1-32) discusses sources, the relation of WBP to WBT, themes, etc. Includes Chaucer's Gent and a selection from…
Griffith, Kelley.
New York: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1994.
Pedagogical anthology designed to demonstrate the range of narrative fiction: ancient and modern; eastern and western; short stories, novels, and their predecessors in myth, epic, romance, tales, and narrative poetry. Includes Theodore Morrison's…
Lyman, Stanford M.
Dix Hills, N. Y.: General Hall, Inc., 1989.
Studies the "sociology of evil," organizing the discussion by the traditional Seven Deadly Sins and exploring social, psychological, historical, legal, and political concepts of evil. The section on pride includes "A Medieval Excursus: Chaucer's…
Lloyd-Evans, Barbara, ed.
New York: Peter Bedrick, 1989.
Selections from the works of twenty-two English poets, accompanied by brief introductions and notes, with a glossary of poetic terms and first-line index. The section pertaining to Chaucer (pp. 17-104) includes GP, WBPT, PardPT, and NPPT.
Social history of late-medieval England, designed for adolescents, including discussion of Chaucer as "royal servant," poet, and "father of the English language" (pp. 1-9). Recurrent mention of Chaucer in subsequent discussions of historical topics.…
An anthology of comic selections, including (pp. 9-17) the Nevill Coghill translation the GP description of the Wife of Bath and selections from WBP, with a brief introduction. The volume includes a commentary on literary humor, illustrations by…
Darby, Catherine.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.
Historical novel about the lives of Philippa de Roet and her sister Katherine, focusing on their relations with Chaucer, John of Gaunt, and the English court circles.
Cunningham, John E.
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 104-12.
Identifies three "sections" of PardT (the "pulpit-thumping," the "story-telling," and the "sales talk," arguing that their apparent disunity is resolved by the character and purpose of the Pardoner.
Pinsent, Pat.
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 96-103.
Describes the "economy and pace, characterization, style, and plot-form" of PardT, comparing it with folk-tales, and summarizes the narrative functions of the "digression" on vice (6.485-660).
Gardiner, Alan.
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 86-95.
Assesses the rhetorical power of PardT in light of the conventions and stylistic features of medieval sermons. The Pardoner adheres to most conventions effectively, but his "delight in his own powers of persuasion and the purpose of his preaching"…
Oliver, Paul.
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 65-74.
Both PardP and PardT are "self-exposure" on the part of the Pardoner, although in the latter he is "unaware" of his similarity to the three rioters: "all four are spiritually dead . . . blasphemers and motivated by avarice . . . totally hardened…
