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Tallies various similarities between Chaucer's works and that of Juan Ruiz, the Archpriest of Hita, comparing techniques and concerns of Ruiz's "Libro de Buen Amor" with CT, TC, and other Chaucerian works.

Tallies similarities in the works of Chaucer and of Juan Ruiz (themes, sources, allusions, details, etc.) that they share as "representatives of the fourteenth century."

Of the sixteen extant manuscripts of TC, the organization of the Morgan, Corpus Christi, and St. John's shows the greatest concern for both readers and listeners of the fifteenth century.

Describes backgrounds, and analyzes depictions of and references to Minerva in late medieval British literature, exploring her as ""redemptress, mistress of the liberal arts, patroness of princes, idol, and Venus' ally," and arguing that writers of…

Explores the influence of medieval models of women on Barrett's poetry, arguing that, among others, Chaucer's works deserve greater attention in this respect. Considers Barrett's modifications of Anel in "Chaucer Modernized" and assesses aspects of…

Recounts the aims and accomplishments of the modernization of Chaucer edited by Horne in 1840-41, with contributions by Leigh Hunt, William Wordsworth, and Elizabeth Barrett, among others. Correspondence helps to clarify what individual contributors…

Discusses Wordsworth's modernization of ManT, which was commissioned for Thomas Powell's "The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer Moderniz'd" (1841) but eventually suppressed by Wordsworth's wife.

Challenges the putative "simple and even balance" of the Marriage Group in CT, discussing several factors that highlight Chaucer's "purposeful inconclusiveness" in the dramatic interplay among the Tales: 1) MerT and FranT are each an "attack" on the…

Alone among Chaucer's knights, Thopas receives a full costume description, but it defies readers' expectations of a top-to-toe effictio. Th also juxtaposes cheap and costly materials, mentions unattractive colors, and omits expected details, all for…

Analyses the Wife's Sunday costume and her traveling outfit from realistic and symbolic perspectives. Her dress reveals her economic and social class as well as her "allegoric nature"--fair outside and foul inside.

Assesses the details and implications of the clothing and accoutrements of the clerical and academic pilgrims in GP, discussing the Prioress, Monk, Friar, Clerk, Physician, Parson, Pardoner, and Summoner. More richly symbolic than secular dress,…

Places the Monk in the mainstream of medieval monastic modes of dress; his "grys," his boots, and his gold pin are not excessive in comparison to clerical fashions and practices of the period.

The headdress, cloak, and jewelry of the Prioress, correct or appropriate according to fourteenth-century views, conflict ironically with her character.

The multilayered details of the Knight's clothing represent both a realistic and a symbolic knight, whose profession of chivalry in the fourteenth century was far from ideal.

Viewed in both historical and literary contexts, the Friar's "typet" (probably a shoulder cape with a deep hood) and his "semycope" (a short cloak) show that he is breaking sumptuary laws for his fraternal order. That he also dresses in the finest…

Explores the variety, subtleties, and complexities of Chaucer's "costume rhetoric" in GP, examining how details of the secular pilgrims' dress and accoutrement capitalize on late-medieval English clothing practice and extend literary tradition.…

Chaucer employs "costume signs" in TC, affecting plot and characterization. Signature costumes assigned to each character shed light on significant parts of the plot, as do the reversal and degeneration of costume patterns. Characterization through…

Hodges analyzes Criseyde's costume rhetoric, comparing details of her dress (and how it changes throughout the work) with mourning customs of late fourteenth-century England.

Hodges "reads" Griselda's "sartorial transformation[s]" in light of detailed knowledge of fourteenth-century material culture. For instance, the fact that a smock could be made of plain linen or embroidered silk, or that it was the innermost of many…

Explores Chaucer's familiarity with conventional costume description and fabric reference in medieval genres, especially romances and fabliaux, and argues that Chaucer often reverses traditional patterns of audience expectation in which romances are…

Textbook edition of FranPT and the GP description of the Franklin, with text in Middle English, notes and glossary, and discussion of the Franklin's character, possible sources of FranT, and Chaucer's "inventiveness." Includes several appendixes:…

Textbook edition of GP with end-of-text notes, glossary, and dictionary of proper names, accompanied by an Introduction that addresses the role of GP in CT, as well as its art and "Inheritance." Also includes several appendixes: "The Poet and His…

Anthologizes English poems and excerpts alphabetically by author, including the Envoy to ClT (7.1178-1212), translated by Hodnett into Modern English in rhyme royal stanzas.

Disputes Lowe's interpretation of KnT 1534-39. Arcite's sudden changes of mood, that of Chauntecleer (on a Friday) in NPT, the meaning of "gere" (a wild or changeful mood), and the first Adam's fall on the sixth day all suggest that Friday is not…

First-time translation of CT into Frisian, following Chaucer's verse forms and omitting Mel and ParsT. Designed for a popular audience rather than a scholarly one. The source text is Albert Baugh's "Chaucer's Major Poetry" (1963), with translation…