Meecham-Jones, Simon.
Neil Thomas and Françoise Le Saux, eds. Myth and Its Legacy in European Literature. Durham Modern Languages Series (Durham: University of Durham), 1996, pp. 93-113.
Meecham-Jones contrasts LGWP with BD, showing how the former exhibits the poet's confidence in adapting sources. Discusses the depiction of Alceste as a parody of figures such as Boethius's Philosophy, Dante's Beatrice, and the Pearl-maiden -…
Akahori, Naoko.
Research Reports of the Nagaoka Technical College 32.1 (1996): 3-10.
In Sted and Mel, Chaucer either could not or did not make his attitude about the political and religious problems of his day clear. Akahori examines why he gave his hearty, moral advice to Richard II and what he really intended to say.
Rudat, Wolfgang E. H.
CEA Critic 58.2 (1996): 35-47.
Allusive echoes among the GP description of the Prioress, WBP, and the biblical Proverbs suggest that Chaucer subtly condemns the Prioress for sexual excess.
Nohara, Yasuhiro.
English Review (Momoyama Gakuin University) 11 (1996): 27-47.
Argues that the intensive use of "wel" in "wel nyne and twenty" (GP 24) helps account for the apparent discrepancy between the phrase and the number of pilgrims in CT.
Mack, Peter, and Andy Hawkins, eds.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Textbook edition of NPPT. Includes glosses and discursive notes (at the back of the book) and discussion of approaches to the text: sources and analogues, characterization, assessment of theme and topic, and analysis of poetic technique. Also…
Fulwiler, Lavon.
CCTE [Conference of College Teachers of English] Studies 61 (1996): 93-101.
Fulwiler looks at how "Babe" and NPT use the genre of animal fable and prosopopoeia to create moral tales. Sentence and solaas combine in "Babe," as in Chaucer, to intrigue the audience into deeper exploration of the story. Via structure, setting,…
Observes points of similarity and difference between WBP and Martha Moulsworth's poetic autobiography, "Memorandum" (1632). The Wife serves as Moulsworth's "stylistic and rhetorical precursor."
Cader, Teresa D.
Robert Pack and Jay Parini, eds. Touchstones: American Poets on a Favorite Poem (Hanover, N. H.: University Press of New England, 1996), pp. 31-36.
Explicates the opening eighteen lines of GP to demonstrate Chaucer's rich combination of formal prosodic devices, colloquial variety of register, and thematic resonance. The appeal of his verse "lies primarily in its sound."
Graham, Jorie, ed.
Hopewell, N. J.: Ecco Press, 1996.
An eclectic anthology of poetry in English that includes (pp. 6-9) a selection from NPT (7.3331-446) in rhymed pentameter couplets, lightly modernized and including stresses for meter.
Lupton, Julia Reinhard.
Julia Reinhard Lupton, Afterlives of Saints: Hagiography, Typology, and Renaissance Literature (Stanford, Ca.: Stanford University Press, 1996), pp. 73-84.
Analyzes Chaucer's uses in LGWP of the term "legend" and the image of "gleaning" for literary leftovers, the latter derived from Leviticus and here linked to the Book of Ruth. Reads these devices for their implications in the development of…
Translation of CT into Russian verse and prose (by Kashkin and Rumer, orginally published in 1946; again in 1973), with an introduction to Chaucer by Kashkin (1946), end-of-text notes by Kashkin and Popovoi, and color illustrations.
Doherty, P. C.
New York: St. Martin's; London: Headline, 1996.
Historical gothic detective fiction set in the frame of the CT, in which a franklin, modeled on Chaucer's Franklin, tells a story to the rest of the pilgrims about a mysterious murder linked to the battle of Poitiers and the parentage of one of the…
Item not seen; cited in WorldCat which indicates that this is a selection from CT in Middle English. WorldCat also cites a 1998 release of this publication.
A series of interlinked webpages that pertain to the study of Chaucer, including works, biography, selected quotations, audio clips, images, and a variety of essays and studies, including web-published student essays, external links, and more. Much…
Reimer, Stephen R.
Edmonton: University of Alberta, 1996.
Lists a variety of items (some annotated) that pertain to the study of Chaucer. Eighteen topical sub-headings address social and literary contexts, as well as critical studies of Chaucer's works.
Pedagogical website dedicated to CT, with separate pages for selected tales that include introductions and ancillary information. Considers KnT, MilT, RvT, MLT, WBPT, FrT, ClT, FranT, PardPT, PrT, MkT, Mel, and NPT. Also includes links to related…
Includes a brief comical introduction to Chaucer's poetry and a modernized selection from the conclusion to NPT, with b&w illustrations by Philip Reeve.
Burns, Christopher, ed.
New York: Park Lane, 1996.
Selects a variety of poems by British and American writers, arranged thematically, including examples from GP: 1-18 (original and translation), and 445-76 (Wife of Bath), 165-207 (Monk), and 285-308 (Clerk) in modern English; all translations by the…
Allen, Mark,and Bege K. Bowers.
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 19 (1997): 353-447.
Continuation of "Studies in the Age of Chaucer" annotated bibliography (since 1975); based on 1995 "MLA Bibliography" listings, contributions from an international bibliographic team, and independent research.
Assembles references to Chaucer's character and literary reputation recorded in English books 1475-1640, the dates of the Short Title Catalog. Entries include author, title, publisher, and STC and University Microfilm (UMD) numbers and establish the…
Burton, T. L., and Rosemary Greentree, eds. with annotations by David Biggs, Rosemary Greentree, Hugh McGivern, David Matthews, Greg Murrie, and Dallas Simpson.
Toronto, Buffalo, and London: University of Toronto Press, 1997
The complete annotated bibliography of scholarly and critical treatments of "The Miller's Tale,""The Reeve's Tale,"and "The The Cook's Tale" from 1900 through 1992, subdivided into the following categories: editions, translations, and modernizations…
