Focuses on the scene of "intimacy" between Pandarus and Criseyde in TC and its excision from Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida," arguing that Chaucer's expansion/embellishment of the original in Boccaccio's "Filostrato" compels the audience to…
Conlan, J. P.
Analytical and Enumerative Bibliography 10: 120-47, 1999.
Reexamines the "paradoxical evidence" of Ha4, arguing that Manly and Rickert's discussion of it was distorted by their a priori assumptions and their concluding that Chaucer's foul papers "served as the exemplar" of the manuscript. The affiliations…
Conlee, John W.
Laura C. Lambdin and Robert T. Lambdin, eds. Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in the "Canterbury Tales". (Westport, Conn.; and London: Greenwood, 1996), pp. 27-37.
With the Knight and the Squire, Chaucer's Yeoman comprises the "basic English fighting unit--a unit sometimes referred to as a 'lance.'" Details of the Yeoman's GP sketch capitalize on the various connotations of "yeoman," and depict the Yeoman as a…
Conlee, John W.
American Notes and Queries 12.9-10 (1974): 137-38.
Tallies similarities between RvT and a section in John Barth's novel "Sot-Weed Factor" that indicate direct influence: cast of characters, setting, straying-horse motif, etc.
Argues that Troilus' ascent to the eighth sphere (TC 5.1807-27) combines Christian and pagan elements--the classical pagan notion of immortality among the stars transmitted to Chaucer via Alain de Lille, Dante, and Boccaccio, and the Christian…
Conlee, John W.
Studies in the Humanities 3.1 (1973): 1-3.
Suggests that the Pardoner's specification of "eight" bushels of treasure at PardT 6.771 symbolizes betrayal and the irony of desiring to achieve ultimate happiness through worldly means.
Item not seen. WorldCat records indicate that "No libraries with WorldCat.org subscription hold this item." Publisher's website reports that this is a detective mystery in which a young medievalist pursues a mysterious manuscript that may contain an…
Conley, John.
Studies in Philology 73 (1976): 42-61.
It is not likely that Chaucer links the topaz primarily with chastity in naming his knight Thopas. Rather, the poet uses the superlative reputation of the topaz as brightest of gems in a general chivalric context.
Connelly, William Joseph.
Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Oklahoma, 1972. DAI 33.02 (1972): 721A. Fully accessible via https://shareok.org/items/93da1b5d-2529-4aa1-baba-33772dfb564c (accessed Aoril 12, 2026).
Surveys criticism of Chaucer's works from Hoccleve and Lydgate to Dryden, identifying what it "reveals and contributes to the understanding and appreciation of Chaucer's poetry" rather than his literary reputation or the "state of English criticism…
Conner, Edwin Lee.
Dissertation Abstracts International 47 (1986): 534A-535A.
A study of appropriate "medieval traditions of mythography, symbolism, iconography, religious devotion, and textual exegesis" demonstrates the coherence of GP portrait of the Squire and SqT.
A subgenre of estates portraits, not touched on by Mann, includes "tarocchi," the richly illuminated playing cards of fourteenth- and fifteenth- century Italy that developed into tarot cards and modern playing cards. The four suits represent the…
Studies the history of English meter from Chaucer to Wyatt, considering scansion, rhythm, pronunciation, and syllabification, assessing Chaucer's uses of tetrameter and pentameter, and the practices of Lydgate, Hoccleve, and Wyatt. Focuses on the…
Connolly, Margaret, and Linne R. Mooney, eds.
York: York Medieval Press, 2008.
Thirteen essays by various authors, with a brief introduction by the editors. The collection treats English scribes, manuscripts, and the production and circulation of texts from 1350-1600. Addressing design and CT, the first section contains three…
Connolly, Margaret, Holly James-Maddocks, and Derek Pearsall, eds.
Thirteen essays on paleography, codicology, and manuscript studies in late medieval England, with emphasis on location and scribal identity, accompanied by an introduction (by Connolly), a personal tribute (by Pearsall), a list of Mooney's…
The references to chess in BD are confused because Chaucer seems not to have had any firsthand knowledge of the game, his source being not a proper handbook but the "Roman de la Rose." Applying the chess metaphor from Jean de Meun to a dissimilar…
A biography of John Shirley (d. 1456) that examines available life-records and assesses his scribal output and influence. Shirley was a scribe of several important manuscripts that include works by Chaucer, Lydgate, and Gower; a collector and…
Connolly, Margaret.
Philologie im Netz Supplement 4 (2009): 5-20.
Describes how Mary Haweis's 1877 publication of "Chaucer for Children: A Golden Key" brought Chaucer's stories to the domestic realm of women and children as a tool for organization and education. Connolly suggests that Haweis authored later books…
Connolly, Margaret.
Karen Pratt, Bart Besamusca, Matthias Meyer, and Ad Putter, eds. The Dynamics of the Medieval Manuscript (Göttingen: V&R Academic, 2017), pp. 81-100.
Assesses the value of John Shirley's attribution of Adam Scriveyn to Chaucer in the only manuscript where it appears, arguing on the grounds of Shirley's "other statements about Chaucer" that the attribution is reliable and, on more general external…
A biography of John Hawley that concludes by arguing (pp. 147-55) that Hawley was at the center of a number of satirical allusions in Chaucer's GP description of the Shipman. Chaucer depicts a professional mariner, which Hawley was not, but the…
Conrad-O'Briain, Helen.
Philip Coleman, ed. On Literature and Science: Essays, Reflections, Provocation (Dublin: Four Courts Press), 2007, pp. 27-42.
Considers FranT rather than CYT Chaucer's clearest contribution to science fiction, a genre here presented with an ancient legacy. In FranT, Chaucer uses the "tension at the heart of science fiction--between the possible and the not necessarily…
Chaucer's pilgrims in CT do not reach the martyr's shrine in the cathedral, Langland's pilgrims in "Piers Plowman" do not attain any of his even remoter visionary goals, and Spenser's Arthur in "The Faerie Queene" falls short of his ideal destination…
A history of English literature that emphasizes the continuity of ongoing forms and thematic concerns. Two chapters pertain to Chaucer: "Chaucerian Epic and Romance" and "Chaucer, Langland and the Treachery of the Text." The first traces how Chaucer…
Conroy, Anne Rosemarie.
Dissertation Abstracts International 38 (1977): 253A-54A.
"The Isle of Ladies" was attributed to Chaucer until 1878. It is primarily a lover's complaint to his lady. The characters are based on Chaucerian models (like Criseyde) but play somewhat different roles.
Considine, John.
Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Surveys the making of English, German, Latin, and Greek dictionaries from 1500 to 1650, including the contributions of Franciscus Junius (among others). Discusses the unpublished manuscript of Junius's glossary to Chaucer and the place of Chaucer's…
