Walker, Greg.
Anne Marie D'Arcy and Alan J. Fletcher, eds. Studies in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Texts in Honour of John Scattergood (Dublin: Four Courts, 2005), pp. 375-401.
Argues that The Plowman's Tale was composed in a complex process of interpolations and revisions (evident in various metrical schemes) that reflect various political and doctrinal agendas. Walker suggests a five-stage process of composition that…
Studies the marginalia printed with the 1606 edition of "The Plowman's Tale," arguing that it challenges both Papal authority and the Church of England, encouraging Puritanism. Also discusses the place of this edition in the tradition of Chaucer…
Dauby, Hélène.
Leo Carruthers and Adrian Papahagi, eds. Jeunesse et vieillesse: Images médéivales de l'age en littérature anglaise (Paris: Harmatten, 2005), pp. 103-15.
The Tale of Beryn shows that bargaining is essential in the mercantile world. It uses the "biter bit" pattern and--unusual in CT--reflects the moral growth of an individual. First shown misbehaving like the rioters in PardT, Beryn undergoes a true…
Vásquez Gonzalez, Nila.
International Journal of English Studies 5.2 (2005): 161-73.
Justifies the need for a new edition of the "Tale of Gamelyn" on the grounds that previous editions rely on limited manuscript authority and reflect various editorial biases.
Dauby, Hélène.
Marie-Francoise Alamichel, ed. La complementarité: Mélanges offerts à Josseline Bidard et Arlette Sancery à L'occasion de leur départ en retraite (Paris: AMAES, 2005), pp. 197-201
Though posed as a continuation of CT, the Prologue to the Tale of Beryn emphasizes a return from Canterbury to London, from the sacred to the profane. Sentence and solaas are reduced to the merely "glad and merry."
Weinstock, Horst.
Horst Weinstock. Kleine Schriften: Ausgewahlte Studien zur Alt-, Mittel- und Fruhneuenglischen Sprache und Literatur. Heidelberg: Winter, 2003, pp. 99-109.
Weinstock constructs a pseudo-sonnet from Chaucerian couplets and submits it to translation, analysis, and commentary. First publishesd in Peter L. Oesterrich and Thomas O. Sloane, eds. Rhetorica Movet: Studies in Historical and Modern Rhetoric in…
Pearsall, Derek.
Anne Marie D'Arcy and Alan J. Fletcher, eds. Studies in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Texts in Honour of John Scattergood (Dublin: Four Courts, 2005), pp. 259-69.
Reads the two title poems in the context of contemporary court activities and conventions as "attempts to present a moralized version of love within an allegorical framework."
Lewis, Lucy.
John Hinks and Catherine Armstrong, eds. Printing Places: Locations of Book Production & Distribution Since 1500 (Newcastle, Del.: Oak Knoll; London: British Library, 2005), pp. 1-14.
Lewis assesses challenges confronted by printer Thomas Richard when, in 1525, he produced John Walton's translation of Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy," especially those challenges that resulted from interspersing intermittent commentary in a…
Machan, Tim William, ed., with the assistance of A. J. Minnis.
Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2005.
The book presents hypothetical source texts for Bo, seeking to reconstruct as closely as possible what was accessible to Chaucer when he translated Boethius into Middle English. Provides an edition of Boethius's Latin original and, on facing pages,…
Bourgne, Florence.
Colette Stvanovitch, ed. L'Articulation langue-littérature dans les textes médiévaux anglais (Nancy: Association des Médiévistes Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur, 2005), pp. 247-68.
Studies Chaucer's Bo to determine which texts, versions, and commentaries Chaucer might have used and which modifications he might have introduced and to what purposes.
Summers assesses the commonalities and differences among Usk's "The Testament of Love," "The King's Quair" of James I of Scotland, Charles d'Orléans' "English Book of Love," the "Testimony" of William Thorpe, the "Trial" of Richard Wyche, and…
Tajima discusses the status of English study in Japan, providing a discursive bibliography of studies on linguistic topics: parts of speech, metrics, onomastics, etc. Addresses Old English to Modern English, with significant attention to Chaucer.…
Johnson, James [D.]
Chaucer Review 39 (2005): 436-55
Tabulates and annotates fifty-seven studies that identify or discuss allusions to Chaucer, presented as a continuation of Caroline Spurgeon's Five Hundred Years of Chaucer Criticism and Allusion (1925). Includes a name and title index for the…
A selective bibliography of Chaucer studies, covering linguistic approaches through 1993, arranged topically under ten headings: Bibliographies (30 items); Manuscripts, Facsimiles, and Editions (26); Textual Criticism (53); English Linguistic…
Allen, Mark, and Bege K. Bowers.
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 27 (2005): 381-470
Continuation of SAC annual annotated bibliography (since 1975); based on contributions from an international bibliographic team, independent research, and MLA Bibliography listings. 304 items, plus listing of reviews for 68 books. Includes an author…
Trigg, Stephanie.
New Medieval Literatures 7 (2005): 9-33.
Distinguishes among "various ways in which medieval English religious sites are mediated for visitors," from cathedrals (including Canterbury) to the Canterbury Tales Visitor Attraction. Assesses the authenticity of visitors' experiences in light of…
Spearing, A. C.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Spearing counters the assumption that all medieval narration implies a narrator. Medieval literature is permeated with subjectivity, but it is often "subjectless subjectivity," better compared to painting than to oral storytelling. Similar to…
Brewer, Derek.
Marie-Francoise Alamichel, ed. La complémentarité: Mélanges offerts à Josseline Bidard et Arlette Sancery à l'occasion de leur départ en retraite (Paris: AMEAS, 2005), pp. 155-64.
Examines the portrayal of friendship in works by Chaucer, Lydgate, and Petrus Alfonsi.
Nachtwey argues that chivalry was "a pragmatic institution" that created a framework for understanding/controlling knightly violence. Further argues that this concept of chivalry is apparent in the works of Froissart and Chaucer (especially in TC and…
D'Arcy, Anne Marie, and Alan J Fletcher, eds.
Dublin : Four Courts, 2005.
Twenty-four essays by various authors and a bibliography of Scattergood's publications. For eight essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Studies in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Texts under Alternative Title.
Brewer, Derek.
Corinne Saunders, ed. Cultural Encounters in the Romance of Medieval England. Studies in Medieval Romance, no. 2 (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2005), pp. 117-33.
Chaucer indicates that same-sex friendship is threatened when complicated by issues of "sexual love" (127). Considering TC, PF, WBPT, and FranT, Brewer calls for reinstatement of friendship "as a recognizable, uncontentious area of love" and praises…
Burton, T. L., and John F. Plummer, eds.
Provo, Utah : Chaucer Studio Press, 2005.
Eighteen essays by various authors; a professional biography of Emerson Brown, Jr.; and a list of his academic publications. For individuial essays, search for Seyd in Forme and Reverence under Alternative Title.
