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Gray, Douglas.   Mary Salu and Robert T. Farrell, eds. J. R. R. Tolkien: Essays in Memoriam (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1979), pp. 173-203
"Pite" and its synonym "routhe" occur almost always in their original erotic context in Chaucer's earlier works: Pity, TC, PF, and FranT. It may be equated with "generous self-sacrifice" on the part of the lover. As Chaucer broadens the concept,…

Kaske, R. E.   Edward Vasta and Zacharias P. Thundy, ed. Chaucerian Problems and Perspectives: Essays Presented to Paul E. Beichner, C. S. C. (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1979), pp. 114-18.
"Clericus Adam," a short anti-feminist poem from the twelfth century, makes one wonder whether Chaucer may not be playfully saying, "Look here, 'Clericus Adam', you little bungler, don't you disfigure my handiwork the way your namesake disfigured…

Nolan, Charles J.,Jr.   Chaucer Review 13 (1979): 363-72.
Pity blends the language and structure of amorous and legal complaints. Legal bills, like "The Bill of Complaint" in the second part of Pity, have a tripartite structure: address, statement of grievance, and prayer for remedy. Recognition of this…

Pace, George B.   Manuscripta 23 (1979): 88-98.
A device available to Chaucer, but no longer possible in the modern printed book, the illuminated initial, emphasizes the religious nature of the poem, an alphabetical sequence of eight-line stanza prayers to the Virgin. Fourteen of the seventeen…

Robbins, Rossell Hope.   Beryl Rowland, ed. Companion to Chaucer Studies (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979), pp. 380-402.
Chaucer's lyrics, usually written in imitation of the current French forms of ballades and rondels, were, in fact, his most influential legacy to the fifteenth-century Chaucerians. Chaucer may have written his early poetry (now lost or unattributed)…

Vasta, Edward.   Edward Vasta and Zacharias P. Thundy, ed. Chaucerian Problems and Perspectives: Essays Presented to Paul E. Beichner, C. S. C. (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1979), pp. 97-113.
The speaker of Ros appears to be the earliest instance of the "persona" whom Chaucer presents in full dress in BD and develops in all subsequent major works. This early conception is already so complex and original as to justify the scribe's…

Fischer, Olga.   Neophilologus 63 (1979): 622-39.
Comparison of the philosophical items translated by Alfred and Chaucer from the Latin "Boethius" shows that it can in no way be maintained that all the new loan words used after the Norman Conquest were needed to fill linguistic or cultural gaps in…

Pace, George B.,and Linda E. Voigts.   Studies in the Age of Chaucer 1 (1979): 143-50.
The University of Missouri-Columbia fragment ("Fragmenta Manuscripta" 150) of Chaucer's Bo is not in book form. This fragment is one of the few Chaucer manuscripts in North America, and the only one representing Bo.

Salu, Mary, and Robert T. Farrell, eds.   Ithaca, N.Y., and London: Cornell University Press, 1979.
Includes Tolkien's obituary from the London "Times" (3 Sept. 1973), his "Valedictory Address" at Oxford (3 June 1959), a handlist of his writings, and fourteen essays by various authors about Tolkien, Old and Middle English literature, and Tolkien's…

Bazaire, Joyce,and David Mills.   Year's Work in English Studies 58 (1979): 107-23.
A discursive review of Chaucerian scholarship and research published in 1977.

Sanchez Escribano, F. Javier.   Cuadernos de Investigacion Filologica 5 (1979): 129-44.
Summarizes the literary and social position of women in Chaucer's time and discusses the various marital relationships in CT.

Gilbert, A. J.   A. J. Gilbert, Literary Language from Chaucer to Johnson (London and Basingstoke: Macmillan; New York: Barnes & Noble), 1979, pp. 29-62.
Close reading of KnT, focusing on elements such as syntax, diction, and imagery, shows Chaucer's dexterous use of high, middle, and low styles. The variety and combination of elements produce the tone of the poem and "naturalize" its philosophical…

Howard, Donald R.   Journal of the American Academy of Religion 47.2, Supplement : 307-28, 1979.
Howard compares TC with Il Filostrato and CT with Decameron, focusing on how Chaucer adapts Boccaccio's uses of conventions to engage his audience. In Boccaccio, fiction enables the audience to escape from a contemptible world, whereas Chaucer--more…

Baron, F. Xavier.   Journal of Psychohistory 7.1 (1979): 77-103.
Because Chaucer's "children's tales" deal with "extreme violence which the children suffer as innocent victims," these narratives "tend toward despair." Yet, they provoke compassion and thereby suggest that compassion is the proper response to…

Benson, C. David   Philological Quarterly 58 (1979): 16-25.
The letter read by Helen and Deiphobus is an example of "special foreshadowing"; it pertains to King Thoas of Greece (derived by Chaucer from Guido delle Colonne), who later (4.138) will be part of the prisoner exchange that sends Criseyde to the…

Daiches, David, and John Flower.   New York: Paddington Press, 1979.
Explains topographical references in the works of various British writers, from Chaucer to Robert Louis Stevenson and James Joyce, and explores how various locales contributed to various works of literature, including works by Shakespeare, Dr.…

Hobsbaum, Philip.   Philip Hobsbaum. Tradition and Experiment in English Poetry (Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield; London: Macmillan, 1979), pp. 30-67.
Identifies a number of ways in which Chaucer is innovative in various works--metrical variety, interplay of tones, indebtedness to Continental sources and "ingenuity," combination of narrative attachment and detachment--and surveys the range of…

Jordan, Robert M., James I Wimsatt, and Mary Carruthers.   PMLA 94 (1979): 950-53.
An exchange of letters in the PMLA Forum section that comment on the characterization of the Wife of Bath and the role of sources (especially Jerome) and historical contexts in understanding the character.

Smith, Nathaniel B., and Evan Carton.   PMLA 94 (1979): 948-50.
An exchange of letters in the PMLA Forum section letters that comment on the meaning of "authority" in the Middle Ages, particularly Chaucer's uses of the notion.

Steadman, John M.   Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1979.
In a section called "Chaucer and Medieval Tradition" (pp. 67-114), reprints (with revisions and expansions) several previously published essays by Steadman, all of which explore iconographical or allegorical aspects of Chaucer's works. Includes the…

Varnaite, Irena.   Literatura: Lietuvos TSR Aukstuju Mokyklu Mokslo Darbai 21.3 (1979): 22-32.
Treats Chaucer's embedded lyrics as "independent complete structures" that contribute to their respective contexts and can as well stand alone. Comments on the rondel in PF, the ballade in LGW, the envoy of ClT, and the aubades, songs, and letters in…

Serraillier, Ian.   Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Kestrel Books, 1979.
Abbreviated prose adaptations of selections from CT, interspersed among modernizations in verse of the descriptions of the pilgrims in GP and following the GP order (with slight adjustments). Included are KnT, NPT, ClT, ShT, MLT, FranT, WBT, ManT,…

Lewis, Robert E.   Chaucer Review 13.3 (1979): 284.
A report of the publication schedule the Chaucer Library Committee and a note on the resignation of its founding chairman, Robert A. Pratt.

Schlesinger, G. compiler.   Cape Town: College of Careers, 1979.
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Ashworth, Clive V., compiler.   Cape Town: College of Careers, 1979.
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