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Observes that Chaunticleer's mistaken reference to Macrobius as the author of the "Somnium Scipionis" (7.3124) may suggest that NPT predates PF (i.e., "no later than 1386"), where Macrobius is accurately identified as the author of the "Commentary"…

Observes that carpenter John's sense of worldly instability in MilT is established in 1.3423-30 and 1.3449-50, anticipating his ready acceptance of Nicholas's prediction of the Flood later in the Tale.

Suggests that "oon" in BD 47 follows a parallel reference in Jean Froissart's "L'Espinette Amoureuse."

Suggests that three meanings of "sekte" obtain in LGW: sect, sex, and (law)suit.

Identifies a "possible pun" on the name of the mythological Wade in MerT 5.1684 ("waden"), arguing that, followed by a reference to the Wife of Bath, the pun recalls January's allusion to Wade in 5.1424 and deepens Justinus's warning against…

Some sexual connotation seems to attach to many "qu-" words in Chaucer, Shakespeare, and modern usage.

Haydock examines poetic authority in Henryson's "Testament" as it simultaneously affirms and seeks to replace TC, in effect treating Chaucer's poem in Chaucerian fashion. One of Henryson's three major works, "Testament" is part of his effort to…

Defends the "depth of thought and the diversity of expression that characterized the Middle Ages" through an examination of "philosophical treatises, memoirs, letters, tales, romances, and epics that drove the medieval search for wisdom." The chapter…

Two exercises deal with passages from CT (1.28-45 and 1.477-84)

For eight essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Mélanges de langue, littérature et civilisation under Alternative Title.

Traces the textual and iconographic history of the Reynard stories from twelfth-century Flanders to nineteenth-century England. The combination of text and picture was a particular success for Caxton, who translated the Dutch stories and printed them…

Forty-five selected papers on courtly literature. For an essay that pertains to Chaucer, search for Courtly Literature: Culture and Context under Alternative Title.

Treats medieval clothing and armament. Despite the citation, the book does not deal with Chaucer specifically.

Surveys authorial apologies in literature from the classical period to the late Middle Ages, discussing classical tradition, Christian tradition, medieval Latin tradition, and medieval vernacular literatures, including German, French, Italian,…

Explores the correspondences between late-medieval, early modern, and contemporary critical and literary nominalism. For five essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Nominalism and Literary Discourse under Alternative Title.

Fourteen essays by various writers and a bibliography of works published by Erik Kooper, presented to Kooper on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday. Topics range widely in English and French medieval traditions, with recurrent focus on romance.…

Tambling reads several late medieval and Renaissance texts in relation to Walter Benjamin's notions of melancholy and Freudian concepts of death, as well as allegory and history. Individual chapters treat "Piers Plowman," Hoccleve's "Complaint and…

Analyzes the relationship between meaning and literary structure in Old French fabliaux.

Twenty-one essays by various authors, and an introduction by Taavitsainen and Melchers on literary versions of nonstandard English, including literary dialects and linguistic history in literary records. For two essays that pertain to Chaucer, search…

A festschrift with nineteen essays focusing on telling stories, a theme that plays an important role in the work of Ulrich Broich. The subjects range from England to Japan, from Chaucer to Joyce, from genre to gender. For two essays that pertain to…

Twenty-nine papers read during the Seventh International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Valencia, Spain, 21-26 September 1992. The papers range from general interest to phonology and writing, morphology and syntax, lexicology and semantics,…

Lists Chaucer items on language studies throughout.

Includes a chapter, "Sharing Laughter" (pp. 205-32), that identifies examples from late medieval art and literature where laughter constitutes "moral censorship" of same-sex desire or actions, then focuses on the Pardoner; his relation with the…

Studies "pragmatics as an important aspect of premodern understanding of language and meaning," exploring "pragmatic ideas and metapragmatic awareness" in various kinds of medieval discourse. Details the contexts, functions, and significations of the…

Includes thirteen essays by various authors and an introduction by the editor, all focusing on teaching medieval narratives that involve rape, attempted rape, or false accusation while attending to twenty-first-century awareness of rape, sexual…