Hatton, Thomas J.
Chicago: Dramatic Publishing, 1982.
Adapts WBT for the stage, maintaining its Arthurian setting, the life-question, concern for female mastery, and faithful/faithless choice. Eliminates the rape motif (here a kiss) and the magical transformation (here a matter of disguise). Characters…
Matthews, Kathleen Douglas.
Ph.D. Dissertation. University of New Hampshire, 1982. Fully accessible via https://scholars.unh.edu/dissertation/1321 (accessed April 7, 2026).
Explores aspects of Williams' development of his poetic identity, including the importance of Chaucer as a model, emphasizing the modern poet's knowledge of Chaucer and Chaucer criticism and his emulation in "Paterson" of Chaucer's comic techniques.
Six essays on literary, social, and historical contexts. The two final essays analyze Chaucer's use of Boccaccio's "Teseida" to explore Chaucer's methods and poetic-philosophical development.
PardT has been classified as anti-marchen because its unhappy ending violates the marchen's typical "weightlessness," but given the negative nature of the hero, PardT does follow the normal marchen pattern. "Anti-marchen" should be redefined.
Deals with Chaucer's technical knowledge, ambivalence toward astrology and magic, and literary uses. Studies ambiguities, confusion, complexities, and conflicting attitudes of the Franklin toward astrology, astronomy, and magic.
Chaucer's characterization in CT reflects the clash between the dogmatic world view of medieval philosophy and the critical, rational outlook proposed by post-Occamist philosophy. Variations in the "allegorical and/or individual costume" used in…
Blake, N. F.
Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses 7 (1983): 1-20.
The lack of a clearcut distinction between connotative and denotative associations of words, as well as the looseness of syntactical patterns in Middle English, forces us to focus on the rhetorical arrangement of ideas and words--repetition, balance,…
The Pardoner's motivation is understandable if we hear his prologue and tale through the ears of Harry Bailly; the Pardoner's performance is not merely one more ad hominem attack by one of the pilgrims but a questioning of the story-telling rules…
The Pardoner's invitation is not a physical threat to the pilgrimage but a further sign of his propensity to profit from others and to compensate for his "sexual difference." Storm's essay appeared in PMLA 97 (1982): 810-18.
The Pardoner's invitation is not an attempt to divert the pilgrims from their journey, and the Host's response is designed to restore the fellowship of the pilgrims, not to improve their spiritual well-being. Storm's essay appeared in PMLA 97…
The Pardoner's self-revelation "heightens the challenge" of deceiving the pilgrims at the end of the sermon and does not preclude it. Chaucer uses the Host's response to the Pardoner's invitation to point to the pilgrims' spiritual weakness--even if…
Storm does not distinguish between his own and Chaucer's attitudes toward the Pardoner's homosexuality. Storm's essay appeared in PMLA 97 (1982): 810-18.
Gomez Lara, Manuel J.
Actas del V Congreso de AEDEAN (Oviedo: Alhambra, 1983), pp. 189-201.
Reflecting social contradictions involved in the love relationship in TC, Criseyde's direct speech presents her inner contradictions, transmitted through direct statement and complex "symbology."
Dor, Juliette De Caluwe.
North-Western European Language Evolution 2 (1983): 73-91.
Classifies French conversational loan words (A-D) in CT by frequency, grammatical nature, and date of first occurrence. Only thirty-nine words are used first by Chaucer, who innovates less than previously thought.
