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Pearsall, Derek.   A. J. Minnis, ed. Gower's "Confessio Amantis": Responses and Reassessments (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1983), pp. 179-97.
Surveys the "history of Gower's reputation," beginning with Chaucer's reference to him as "moral Gower" at the end of TC and his possible allusions to Gower's works in ManT and MLP. The idea of a "quarrel" between the two poets is perhaps…

Burrow, J. A.   A. J. Minnis, ed. Gower's "Confessio Amantis": Responses and Reassessments (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1983), pp. 5-24.
In an analysis of Gower's combination of confession, "dits amoreux," and concern with old age in the "Confessio Amantis," observes a number of comparisons and contrasts with Chaucer: the individuation of Amans and of the lovers in TC, uses of the…

Pearsall, Derek, ed.   Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1983
Nine essays, an Introduction, and Response derive from a 1981 Conference at the University of York. For the two essays that include substantial attention to Chaucer, search for Manuscripts and Readers in Fifteenth-Century England under Alternative…

Reisner, M. E.   Roger L. Emerson, Gilles Girard, and Roseann Runte, eds. Man and Nature: Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, vol. 1 (London, Ontario: Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, 1982), pp. 185-98.
Demonstrates that details of dress in William Blake's "Canterbury Pilgrims" derive from the monuments in Westminster Abbey. Focuses on Blake's depictions the Pardoner, Prioress, and Wife of Bath.

Mann, Nicholas.   Convegno Internazionale Francesco Petrarca: Roma-Arezzo-Padova-Arquà Petrarca, 24-27 Aprile 1974. Atti dei Convegni Lince, no. 10 (Rome: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1976), pp. 59-69.
Includes very brief mention of Chaucer's uses Petratrch in TC, ClT, and CYT.

Collins, Terence George.   Dissertation Abstracts International 37 (1976): 3611A.
Includes discussion of Chaucer's PrT as well as Aeschylus's "Suppliants" and works by Phillis Wheatley, Richard Wright, and James Baldwin.

Robinson, Duncan.   London: Gordon Fraser, 1982.
Describes the Kelmscott Press edition of Chaucer as the "supreme achievement" of the partnership between Morris and Burne-Jones, placing the volume in the careers of the two men, describing the process of its production, and examining a number of…

Woods, Phil, and Michael Bogdanov.   North Shields, U.K.: Iron Press, 1983. Previously published by Ivor Press, 1981.
Modern English, two-act drama that presents abbreviated, modified versions of KnT, RvT, CkT (a song), WBT, NPT, PardT, MerT, and MilT, framed as an annual tale-telling contest rather than a pilgrimage. The Miller and the "M.C." are focal characters…

Thompson, Charlotte Barclay.   Dissertation Abstracts International 40.08 (1980): 4612-13A.
Reads KnT as a veiled, enigmatic "literary game," disclosing it to be a "pagan analogue of the Old Testament" and a prefiguration of the New, ripe with figurative characters and events, and deeply inscribed with archteypes.

Reinecke, George F.   Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 231-51.
Describes the "elephantine gestation" of Robinson's edition of Chaucer's "Works," summarizes its early reception and progress to becoming a "standard edition," and assesses the text as "conservative, highly informed, and eclectic, though arrived at…

Kane, George.   Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 207-29.
Denounces Manly and Rickert's "The Text of the Canterbury Tales," asserting the editors' failure to state and maintain consistent editorial methods, their confused and confusing classification of manuscripts, and their error in attempting to apply…

Hanna, Ralph, III   Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 191-205.
Explains Root's dependence on William Symington McCormick's theory of Chaucer's seriatim revisions of TC, and castigates the "illogical rationalism" of Root's editorial methods, especially his treatment of scribal error. Root's "longing for an…

Edwards, A. S. G.   Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 171-89.
Summarizes the progress of Skeat's career as an editor of Chaucer, articulating his debts to Richard Morris, F. J. Furnivall, and Henry Bradshaw, and acclaiming his accomplishments as the beginning of the "Modern Age" of Chaucer scholarship.…

Baker, Donald C.   Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 157-69.
Summarizes Furnivall's capacious contributions to Chaucer studies (and Middle English generally), and comments that his "chief contributions" to the editing of Chaucer lie in his "selection of the texts" to print and his care with copying, printing,…

Ross, Thomas W.   Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 145-56.
Summarizes the editorial career of Thomas Wright and the "lasting significance" of his edition of CT, valuable because "Wright chose, or perhaps happened upon, the best-text editorial method" and because "his explanatory notes, while not extensive,"…

Windeatt, B. A.   Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 117-43.
Describes Thomas Tyrwhitt as "the founder of modern Chaucer editing" and assesses the legacy of his 1775 edition of CT (with glossary, 1778), summarizing editorial principles and practices, the multiple witnesses to the text, and Tyrwhitt's several…

Alderson, William L.   Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 93-115.
Summarizes the practices and impact of John Urry's 1721 edition of Chaucer's works, describing its conservative canon and its text that, though based on multiple witnesses, was radically emended in order to achieve metrical regularity. Published…

Pearsall, Derek.   Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 71-92.
Describes the importance of Thomas Speght in the tradition of Chaucerian scholarship. Relying in part on John Stow's research, Speght produced a hurried edition in 1598, and partially influenced by Francis Thynne's recommendations, carefully revised…

Hudson, Anne.   Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 53-70.
Best known for his "Survey of London," John Stow produced an edition of Chaucer's works in 1561 that influenced Elizabethan readers, even though it is largely a reprint of William Thynne's edition of 1532 (1550 reprint) that adds several works,…

Blodgett, James E.   Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 35-52.
Summarizes the life of William Thynne and gauges the editorial practices and influence of his 1532 edition of Chaucer's "Workes," arguing that it introduced humanistic rigor into the editing of English works. Although Thynne's practices were…

Boyd, Beverly.   Paul Ruggiers, ed. Editing Chaucer: The Great Tradition (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984), pp. 13-34.
Summarizes the life of William Caxton and his place at the head of the English printing tradition, providing basic information about fifteenth-century printing, linguistic conditions, and orthographical practice. Focuses on the seven volumes of…

Godman, Peter.   Review of English Studies 35 (1984): 291-300.
Reassesses several "flaws" perceived by J. A. W. Bennett in his analysis (1982) of Robert Henryson's "Testament of Cresseid," and argues that each has a "proper function" in the poem. Compares and contrasts Henryson's characterization of Cresseid…

Bawcutt, Priscilla.   Shakespeare Quarterly 35 (1984): 426-32.
Suggests that the "cluster of ideas" that conclude Shakespeare's Sonnet 38 are a version of the "topos of supplication" that Bawcutt traces back to Boccaccio's "Filostrato," citing mediating examples in TC (1.15-21), KnT (2405-6), and Gavin Douglas's…

Matsuda, Takami.   Studies in English Literature, English number, 59 (1983): 101-25.
Traces the "growing versatility" of the "ubi sunt" motif in Middle English literature--its emotional impact, its relations with the theme of mutability, and its potential for expressing nostalgia--concluding with a comparison of Chaucer's uses of the…

Oram, William A.   David A. Richardson, and A Kent Hieatt, eds. Spenser at Kalamazoo: Proceedings from a Special Session at the Thirteenth Conference on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 5-6 May 1978 (Cleveland: Cleveland State University, 1978), pp. 238-53.
Comparative analysis evinces how Spenser adapts Chaucer's BD in creating his "Daphnaida." The impact changes, however, as Chaucer's "Man in Black presents Gaunt with an idealized version of himself," while Spenser's poem presents his friend, Arthur…
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