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Surveys literary representations of sounds in various landscapes found in late medieval literature, including mention of the tournament in KnT and description of the tale-telling, singing, and music-making among the Canterbury pilgrims.

Describes the characteristic foods and methods of public and private food service in London during eight historical periods, deriving much of the information from literary sources and presenting the information in association with literary figures…

The Wife is "the female shaman" who creates WBT as an initiation rite into manhood.

Thirteen essays by various authors, most focusing on depictions or deferrals of the erotic in Middle English romances, with other topics such as a branch of the "Mabinogi," female Jewish libido, fifteenth-century letters, and more. The editors'…

Collection of essays explores British medieval sexuality and sexual expression in literature. Examines fabliaux and romances of Chaucer, Gower, and Malory; alchemical texts; and satirical poetry of William Dunbar. The Introduction (pp. 1-11)…

Hopkins explores depictions of sexual frisson, or arousal, in a variety of Middle English romances, focusing on the presentation of clothing, nudity, and partial nudity. She surveys examples in which female ugliness is represented almost as often as…

Examines four Middle English romances against a backdrop of late-medieval penitential doctrine and practice, and assesses the presence of penitential motifs in several more. The major penitential romances--Guy of Warwick, Sir Ysumbras, Sir Gowther,…

Confirms evidence that Smart was the author of the poem praising Chaucer that appeared in the frontispiece of the February 1756 issue of "The Universal Visiter or
Monthly Memorialist" (UV). Claims that Smart is also responsible for the translation…

An anthology in two parts: 1) seventy-six examples of English verse "reflections" on the nature and features of poetry; 2) 318 examples of "English poets' responses" to other English poets. Includes notes and indexes. The Chaucer section of part 2…

An anthology of "English poets' commentary on their English peers," with a "selection of the poets' more general reflections on their art." The section on Chaucer (pp. 72-82) includes comments from Hoccleve through Wordsworth, and the volume's…

Praises Chaucer (pp. 17-31) as the first poet in English to be "read for pleasure" because he "invented in English the pleasant habit of writing for the sake of writing." Commends Chaucer's innovative uses of French and Italian models and the "wealth…

Surveys "some of the many roles played and influences exerted by women in the practice of medieval pilgrimage," considering literary texts and cultural contexts from the fall of Rome until Margery Kempe and the Paston women in the fifteenth century.…

Updated third edition includes new introduction by Galloway and four additional narratives.

Hordis argues that Henryson's poem aggressively explores Chaucer's authorial authority. The text was produced in a time of emergent efforts by the Scots to construct a national identity, and it questions English literary influence.

Considers the "gestalt of identity" that armor represents in TC, assessing the private and public aspects of references to arms and armor in the poem, focusing on Troilus and Diomedes.

Ten essays by various authors discuss comedy in Old English literature and in several Middle English media: drama, narrative poetry, stained glass, illuminations, and misericords. For three essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Medieval English…

Argues for using "a Bernardine anagogical lens" to assess theological depth in CT and "Piers Plowman," and traces allusions and references to Bernard of Clairvaux in "Piers," ParsT, and the "Prick of Conscience.."

Item not seen. WorldCat record indicates that this volume includes a poem titled "Opening Prologue of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales."

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Describes manuscripts of works on religion, politics, medicine, and science, including Chaucer's Astr.

Analyzes Criseyde, arguing that Chaucer forces the reader's "active engagement" with the language in Criseyde's soliloquy, which reinforces the ambiguity of her character.

Twenty-six essays by various authors, with eight that pertain to Chaucer. For essays pertaining to Chaucer, search for Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of S.E.L.I.M. under Alternative Title.

By establishing a truer picture of the fourteenth-century Inns of Court, we can see the improbability of Chaucer's having been educated there. First, Chaucer's education at the Inns of Court is questionable. Second, the fourteenth-century Inns of…

Explores Chaucer's legal background, his connection with English canon law of agreements, the secular law of agreements, and medieval English criminal law and procedure.

Although probably not formally educated as a lawyer, Chaucer shows familiarity with common law, church, and "customary" courts, as investigated in a wide variety of his works.