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Item not seen; the WorldCat records indicate that this is a reading by Piehler in Middle English of MilT, summarized as "A comical story about three men after one woman's attention, set in medieval England.

Item not seen; the WorldCat records indicate that this is a reading by Piehler of FranT in Middle English and that this was re-issued on CD in 2010.

Item not seen; the WorldCat records indicate that this is a reading by Piehler of NPT in Middle English and that this was re-issued on CD in 2010.

In Japanese; accessible online at CiNii Articles [http://ci.nii.ac.jp/]. Abstract in Italian included in the back matter of the volume (p. 1), under the title "L'Episodio Dantesco di Conte Ugolion in Chaucer."

Part 1 describes the Canterbury pilgrims that qualify as "gentils" by birth, education, or accomplishment (Knight, Prioress, Monk, Squire, Franklin, Merchant, Guildsmen, Sergeant of Law, Physician, Parson, and Nun's Priest), explaining details of…

Modern novel that includes a sailing trip to the Caribbean, during which the travelers (the Doctor's Colleague, the Wife, the Diver, etc.) exchange "tales." Includes reference to Chaucer and an approximate quotation of HF 354-60.

Item not seen. Worldcat record indicates this is a translation of CT into Croatian.

Explores ideas of selfhood evident in medieval literature and sixteenth-century printed versions of select romances. Includes discussion of how Chaucer in WBT "utilises the methods and vocabulary at his disposal to generate debate on the 'self'."

Several references to Chesterton's "Chaucer" but no direct references to Chaucer or his poetry.

GP was inspired by the A text of Piers Plowman, echoing its concern with estates satire, its concern with social and moral cohesion, and many of its details.

We do not understand how the Franklin views the concept of "gentilesse" that informs his moral vision. Kellogg compares the Franklin's use of key chivalric terminology to its uses in Middle English romance, thereby illuminating the Franklin, FranT,…

This very readable biography by the late Donald Howard brings together "Chaucer, the man and the poet, and the age in which he lived." Howard traces developments in Chaucer's life from birth to death, setting Chaucer's works contextually within the…

Now renamed NLW MS 21972D, the early-fifteenth-century Merthyr Fragment, containing NPT, is described and compared to other manuscripts. The Merthyr Fragment is about 200 lines of text now visible, in whole or in part, about 20 more than previously…

Lexicographical study of Dunbar with occasional reference to Chaucer.

ParsT is a collage, drawing mainly on penitential materials, variously rendered in paraphrase, word-for-word translation,free idiomatic redaction, and adaptations that appear to derive from more than one source. Ssome sections are sermonlike,…

Alison shares features with that "popular exemplar of medieval comic shrewishness," Noah's wife of the mystery plays, and especially the Uxor Noe of the Towneley cycle: old husbands, outspokenness, direct address to the audience, fondness of…

Broadly covers the history and use of astrology, including attitudes toward the "science" and an analysis of the language employed.

Critical overview of selections from Old English and Early Middle English literature.

Treats the nature of romance; the evolution of European romance; English romance; the "matters" of England, France, Rome, and Britain; derivatives; the diffusion of the genre; and "The Tale of Gamelyn."

Catalogues romance and Chaucerian sources (BD, HF, TC, and especially CT) for Scott's work, showing analogues, parallels, and likenesses. Extensively indexed.

The Inns of Court did not serve as places of legal instruction before the fifteenth century. Evidence from legal manuscripts suggests that such instruction was handled not only through attendance at court but also by means of lectures, annotated…

Richard II's devotion to chivalric ideals may be seen in his conferring of knighthood, especially membership in the Order of the Garter.

Studies the chief preoccupations of the noble and knightly families of the fourteenth century; politics (both local and national), the lands, and the family structure.

Includes a brief discussion of the WBT.

Levey surveys recent critical articles and reviews relevant to courtly love (as well as "fin'amour" and "fals'amour") and examines the convention as it is used in Rom, exploring the validity of charges that the concept is literary, esoteric, and…