Everett, Dorothy.
Essays on Middle English Literature (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1955), pp.115-38.
Seeks a "fuller understanding of Chaucer's meaning," exploring the "numerous small additions, arrangements, omissions, [and] constant alterations" made in his uses of Boccaccio's "Filostrato" in TC. Focuses on the vivifying, individuating…
Antelmi, Gerardina.
Estela González de Sande, ed., Interconexiones: Estudios comparativos de literatura, lengua y cultura italianas (Madrid: Dykinson, 2021), pp. 25-34.
Examines the "topos of the dream" in Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio and compares the dream vision in BD. Points to similarities with mystical and shamanic experiences toward ecstasy that go beyond the similarities and differences in the medieval…
Davis, Carmel Brendon.
Estela Valverde, ed. A Universal Argentine: Jorge Luis Borges, English Literature and Other Inquisitions (Sydney: Southern Highlands Press, 2009), pp. 105-14.
Investigates the validity of Jorge Louis Borges' claim (1949) that Chaucer effected or recorded the "definitive shift from allegory to novel" when translating a line from Boccaccio's "Teseida" in his KnT. Davis focuses on the "slipperiness of…
Horobin, Simon.
Estelle Stubbs, ed. The Hengwrt Chaucer Digital Facsimile (Leicester: Scholarly Digital Editions, 2000)
Focuses on spelling in the Hengwrt manuscript (Hg) in light of the development of London English (from Type II to III), especially in comparison with spelling in the Ellesmere manuscript (El). Though the two manuscripts are closely related, Hg shows…
Yeager, R. F.
Esther Cohen, Leona Toker, Manuela Consonni, and Otniel E. Dror, eds. Knowledge and Pain (New York: Rodopi, 2012), pp. 43-62.
Unlike their biblical source, Chaucer's and Gower's allusions to Jephthah's daughter indicate concern with pain and emotional suffering. Also considers the illustration in Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M.126 that accompanies Gower's tale of Virginia in…
Franklin, James.
ETC: A Review of General Semantics 40.2 (1983): 177-91.
Assesses the epistemological implications of the growth in vocabulary in Middle English, focusing on Latin-derived terms for "very general concepts," many from philosophical discourse. Uses the OED and the MED as major sources, drawing evidence from,…
Sylvester, Ruth.
ETC: A Review of General Semantics 71.3 (2014): 248-57.
Summarizes differences between oral and literate communication, describes CT as a product of a transitional "manuscript culture," and discusses how WBP lends verisimilitude to the speaking voice of WBT, an example of Chaucer's virtuosity in a "time…
Depictions of the seasons in late medieval literature are loci for considerations of good and evil, mutability and human responsibility. The conventional representation of the seasons are reversed in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," The Townley…
Reflects on the term "object" in relation to whether it means a manuscript, circulating text, or real object; includes recurrent references to Chaucer and Chaucer scholarship.
TC reflects heterodox or heretical outlooks and religious division in its depiction of love as religion, its prescribing a morality based on love, its metaphors of preaching, its celebration of love's power, and its notion of false felicity.
Surveys the relationship between song and poetry in English tradition, identifying the tenacity of the association until the end of the nineteenth century as evident in poetry and in the statuary of London's Albert Memorial. Cites evidence from TC…
Kooijman, Jacques.
Etudes de langue et de litterature francaises offertes a Andre Lanly (Nancy: Universite Publications, 1980), pp. 173-80.
A literary exchange between Eustache Deschamps and Chaucer probably took place between 1377 and 1380. In ballad 285, Deschamps speaks of the "grant translateur" of "Roman de la Rose."
This volume focuses on historical, mythical, and literary heritage of Breton lay narratives. For ten essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for 'Gode is the lay, swete is the note' under Alternative Title.
Identifies the "Catholic Humanist rhetorical" ideal that combines "wit and wisdom" in Shakespeare's "As You Like It," examining ten individual scenes. Opens with background to this ideal in European humanism, especially Italian and English, including…
Focuses on the theological and comical elements of CT and its "beatific vision." Claims that Chaucer "provides a lyrical vision of the possibilities of poetry and pilgrimage" in GP.
An examination of the source, Machaut's "Jugement dou Roy de Behaingne," proves that the Knight's and the Dreamer's mutual lack of understanding--which serves a powerful dramatic purpose--stems from differences in social background and rank.
