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Comments on the "theatricality" of MilT and explores how the comic characteristics of each of the main characters have darker sides, especially in the cases of Nicholas, Alisoun, and Absolon.

Frame-tale science-fiction novel. Among a number of literary allusions, the titles of its several parts recall the CT: "The Priest's Tale," "The Soldier's Tale," "The Poet's Tale," etc.

Item not seen; cited in MLA International Bibliography, where it is described as concerned with Hisashi Shigeo's theories of women and love in Chaucer. In Japanese.

Item not seen; cited in MLA International Bibliography, where it is described as concerned with the flatulence and St. Thomas in SumT. In Japanese.

Item not seen; cited in MLA International Bibliography, where it is described as concerned with the memory, thought, and the muses in HF and LGW. In Japanese.

Item not seen; cited in MLA International Bibliography, where it is described as concerned with the garden imagery and sources in Chaucer. In Japanese.

Examines the oral features in Chaucer's poetry, exploring how French clichés are evident in TC and CT. In Japanese.

A program of thirty-six illustrated lectures on English history, including lecture 29, "Chaucer and the Rise of English," which includes comments on literary and linguistic developments, summarizes CT and GP (a series of "capsule biographies"), and…

A play in two acts that depicts the meeting of various women from fiction and history, including Patient Griselda, who tells her life story in a version of ClT. First produced and published in 1982; this is a fully revised, post-production edition.

Two-part discussion of Chaucer's techniques of meter and rhyme in relation to meaning.

Item not seen; cited in MLA International Bibliography as a pedagogical discussion to Chaucer's self-representation in HF.

Comments on scribal variants in CT manuscripts. In Japanese.

Item not seen; cited in MLA International Bibliography as pertaining to electronic manuscripts of CT and "Beowulf."

Item not seen; cited in MLA International Bibliography as a discussion of Chaucer, parody, and Terry Jones.

Item not seen; reported in the MLA International Bibliography as a discussion of syntax, impersonal constructions, and variants in CT manuscripts. In Japanese.

Item not seen; reported in the MLA International Bibliography as a comparative linguistic treatment of dreams in Chaucer, Gower, and Langland. In Japanese.

Fantasy novel, loosely based on NPT, featuring Chauntecleer and Pertelote, along with various barnyard, woodland, and mythic animals. Sequel to Wangerin's "The Book of the Dun Cow" (1978).

Horror fiction in rhymed pentameter couplets, presented as the "Monk's Second Tale," with Prologue and Epilogue.

Popular social history, presented as a travel guide for the "historical traveler," i.e., the modern traveler in medieval England; includes sections on "Where to Stay," "What to Eat and Drink," etc. The index cites numerous references to Chaucer as a…

A novel with recurrent allusions to TC, including a five-book structure, epigraphs derived from Nevill Coghill's translation of TC, and overt references to the poem.

Lyric poem about a dream within a dream. An accompanying note mentions that both Langland and Chaucer "often described a dream within a dream."

Historical fiction and murder mystery, involving Chaucer and his contemporaries, including John of Gaunt, Adam Scriveyn, the murdered Cecily Champagne, and others.

Appreciative commentary on nineteen major works of literature, from Genesis to T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land." The section on Chaucer (pp. 69-83) focuses on critical attitudes toward his comedy, irony, and rhetoric, and assesses the "implied…

Includes a brief biography of Chaucer, plot summaries of the frame and the tales of CT, discussion of themes and style, a description of historical context, a critical overview, a selection of sixteen critical essays or excerpts, and suggestions for…

Thirty-six excerpts from CT, read in Middle English by Trevor Eaton. The commentary in the booklet explains the selections.