Sigal, Gale.
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 1996.
Examines the active role of women in medieval albas, or dawn-songs, as indications of women in society. Defines the lyric genre and its history, exploring its relations with courtly tradition, the fantasies reflected in the genre, and the sexual…
Contrasts the "star system" of contemporary critics (e.g., Derrida) with the previous paradigm of dominant but nonstellar scholars in Chaucer studies. George Lyman Kittredge, John M. Manly, and John Livingston Lowes serve as examples.
Scattergood, John,and Julia Boffey,eds.
Dublin: Four Courts, 1997.
Ten essays initially presented at the first three conferences of the Early Book Society: Durham, 1989; Trinity College, Dublin, 1991; and Sheffield, 1993. The essays consider texts and books produced between the late fourteenth and early sixteenth…
Saul, Nigel.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997.
A biography that assesses Richard II, the quality of his rule, and the events of his reign. Uses Shakespeare's play as a point of departure and argues that Richard's accomplishments and excesses resulted in large part from the fusion of "exercise of…
Hostetler, Margaret Mary.
Dissertation Abstracts International 57 (1997): 3011A.
Applies spatial metaphors from contemporary feminist scholarship to medieval texts of various genres, including "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," Chretien's "Yvain," TC, the "Life of Christina de Markyate," the "Ancrene Wisse," and the "Book of…
Personal chronicle of problems in dealing with technology in teaching, including inadequate facilities, poor student preparation, and time-consuming searching and class preparation. Includes two appendices: a "Labyrinth" assignment and student…
Twelve essays by various authors, a celebratory introduction of testimonials, and a bibliography of publications of M. B. Parkes. For two essays that pertain to Chaucer search for Of the Making of Books under Alternative Title.
Rigg, A. G.
A. J. Minnis, Charlotte C. Morse, and Thorlac Turville-Petre, eds. Essays on Ricardian Literature: In Honour of J. A. Burrow (Oxford: Clarenden, 1997), pp. 121-41.
Explores how English displaced Latin as a literary language in the court of Richard II and assesses meter, Anglicization, and historical topics as common features of Anglo-Latin verse by Gower and Thomas Barry.
Pickering, O. S., ed.
Woodbridge, Suffolk; and Rochester, N.Y.: D. S. Brewer, 1997.
Twelve essays by different authors examine the achievements of frequently neglected works, exploring the quality of the poems, their relations to various traditions and genres, and their poetic methods. Brief references to ABC, BD, GP, MilT, and…
Penn, Stephen.
Hugo Keiper, Richard J. Utz, and Cristoph Bode, eds. Nominalism and Literary Discourse: New Perspectives (Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, 1997), pp. 157-89.
Nominalism and literature were never parts of a single, seamless discourse; influences between them are at best complex and indirect. Penn surveys research on literary nominalism in late-medieval (mostly Chaucerian) texts, arguing that sources other…
Nilsen, Don L. F.
Westport, Conn., and London: Greenwood, 1997
Chronological description of humor in British literature, with individual discursive bibliographies on literary humor in the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries and on individual writers in these periods. Surveys the criticism of humor in…
Nevalainen, Terttu,and Leena Kahlas-Tarkka,eds.
Helsinki: Societe Neophilologique, 1997.
Twenty-nine essyas, by various authors, on English historical and developmental linguistics; includes a list of publications by Rissanen. For two essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for To Explain the Present under Alternative Title.
Murray, Jacqueline,and Konrad Eisenbichler,eds.
Toronto; Buffalo, N.Y. ; and London: University of Toronto Press, 1996.
Fifteen essays by various authors and an introduction on topics literary, historical, and social, all pertaining to sexuality in Europe before 1700. For three essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Desire and Sexuality in the Premodern West under…
Mullally, Evelyn,and John Thompson,eds.
Woodbridge, Suffolk; and Rochester, N. Y.: D. S. Brewer, 1997.
Thirty-seven essays by various authors arranged under five headings: Contexts for Courtliness, Fashioning History and Romance, Negotiating a Courtly Voice, Texts and Readers, and Limits of Courtliness. For two essays that pertain to Chaucer, search…
Morse, Charlotte C.
A. J. Minnis, Charlotte C. Morse, and Thorlac Turville-Petre, eds. Essays on Ricardian Literature: In Honour of J. A. Burrow (Oxford: Clarendon, 1997), pp. 316-44.
Traces the history and reception of J. A. Burrow's term "Ricardian" as an alternative to "Age of Chaucer," considering its use and its future in light of the present critical climate.
Minnis, A. J.,Charlotte C. Morse, and Thorlac Turville-Petre,eds.
Sixteen essays by various authors on Anglo-French, Latin, and (especially) English literature produced during the reign of Richard II. Includes bibliography of Burrow's publications. For eleven essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Essays on…
Minnis, A. J.
A. J. Minnis, Charlotte C. Morse, and Thorlac Turville-Petre, eds. Essays on Ricardian Literature: In Honour of J. A. Burrow (Oxford: Clarendon, 1997), 142-78.
Belief in the salvation of virtuous pagans (the "'facere quod in est' principle") has been associated with nominalist thought. Minnis examines Chaucer's praise of Cambuyskan in SqT to argue that there is no real evidence of nominalist influence on…
Minnis, A. J.
P. R. Robinson and Rivkah Zim, eds. Of the Making of Books: Medieval Manuscripts, Their Scribes and Readers. Essays Presented to M. B. Parkes (Aldershot, Hants: Scolar Press; Brookfield, Vt.: Ashgate, 1997), pp. 259-79.
Explores the "complicated medieval matrix of ideas concerning the relationship between authority and fallibility," commenting on representations of the topic from Petrarch's depiction of Cicero to Chaucer's depiction of the Pardoner. As a preacher…
McCully, C. B,and J. J. Anderson,eds.
Cambridge and New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Thirteen essays (plus an introduction) from the 1991 G. L. Brook Symposium on Old and Middle English Metrics. For four essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for English Historical Metrics under Alternative Title.
G. K. Chesterton's "Chaucer" makes the "spaciousness" and capacity of Chaucer's writings available to twentieth-century readers. Chesterton associated Chaucer's sanity and vitality with Aquinas, who shared with Chaucer medieval orthodox Christian…
Leon Sendra, Antonio R.
Cordoba: Universidad de Cordoba, 1996.
Includes six essays about Chaucer by Leon Sendra and a summary-introduction by Jesus L. Serrano Reyes. The first essay proposes a sociolinguistic approach to Chaucer's works, based on the textual-linguistic theory of M. A. K. Halliday, and the other…
Lawler, Jennifer L.
Dissertation Abstracts International 57 (1997): 3012A.
A cross-generic study (excluding drama) of the effects of exile on such diverse characters as the Christian or the secular hero, the lover, and the pilgrim. Discusses works by Chaucer, Gower, and Langland.
