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Caxton, William, ed.   London: Cornmarket, in association with Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1972.
Item not seen; the note in WorldCat quotes the following: "This facsimile edition of Chaucer's Canterbury tales as printed by William Caxton is limited to 500 copies, of which this in number 280 ..."/ "The present facsimile reproduces for the first…

Robb, Candace M.   London: Crème de la Crime, 2019.
A detective mystery of murder in medieval Yorkshire, with the investigation led by Owen Archer, former Captain of the Guard, assisted by Geoffrey Chaucer, poet, who is on a covert mission for Prince Edward.

Vaughan Williams, Ralph.   London: Curwen Editions/Faber Music, 1995.
Score of musical setting for MercB, with text in Middle English, and an introductory note by Michael Kennedy. The score was published originally in 1922.

Starkie, Martin, producer, and co-director, with Vlado Habunek.   London: Decca Records, 1968.
Sound recording of the "Smash Hot Musical Play," with music by Richard Hill and John Hawkins, lyrics by Nevill Coghill, and the "Full Cast" of the stage production, including Wilfrid Brambell, Jessie Evans, Kenneth J. Warren, and others.

Conrad, Peter.   London: Dent, 1985.
A history of English literature that emphasizes the continuity of ongoing forms and thematic concerns. Two chapters pertain to Chaucer: "Chaucerian Epic and Romance" and "Chaucer, Langland and the Treachery of the Text." The first traces how Chaucer…

Andrew, Malcolm, and A. C. Cawley, eds.   London: Dent, 1998.
Text and notes of WBPT, ClPT, and MerPT in Middle English, originally edited by Cawley and here revised by Andrew. Includes a Chronology of Chaucer's life and times and an Introduction (xiv-xx) by Andrew that focuses on the theme of marriage in the…

Andrew, Malcolm, ed.
Cawley, A.C., ed.   London: Dent, 2000.
Text and notes of KnT, SqPT, and FranPT in Middle English, originally edited by Cawley and here revised by Andrew. Includes a Chronology of Chaucer's life and times and an Introduction (xii-xvii) by Andrew that focuses on the Tales as romances and…

Warrington, John, ed. Revised introduction by Maldwyn Mills.   London: Dent; New York: Dutton, 1974.
Edition of TC first published by Everyman's library in 1953.

Stoneman, Richard.   London: Duckworth, 1982.
An anthology of translations from Greek and Roman by English writers, including a section on Chaucer (pp. 32-33) with a brief (and erroneous) biography and a selection from Chaucer's Dido legend (LGW 1180-1209), from Virgil's "Aeneid" 4.129-50,…

Cooper, Helen.   London: Duckworth, 1983.
Treats CT in context of literary and social conventions of the age, discussing genre, ordering of CT, the diversity of pilgrims and genres in the tales, KnT, links within fragments, themes. CT does not accept the answers in ParsT and Ret, and…

Dove, Jonathan, composer.   London: Edition Peters, 2015.
Item not seen. WorldCat records indicate that this facsimile of Dove's musical score includes a libretto by Alasdair Middleton based on ShT, and Italian singing translation by Adam Pollock. Also published as the third part of Dove's trilogy:…

Lawlor, John, ed.   London: Edward Arnold, 1966.
Includes ten essays by various authors and a comprehensive index. For three essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Patterns of Love and Courtesy under Alternative Title.

Spearing, A. C., and J. E. Spearing, eds.   London: Edward Arnold, 1974.
An anthology of Middle English verse, with individual introductions and facing-page glosses and notes. The General Introduction (pp. 1-40) considers prosody and poetic techniques, genres, and various linguistic concerns. Includes FrT (discussed as…

Spearing, A. C., ed.   London: Edward Arnold, 1976.
An introduction to TC that considers the demands it places on readers to resolve tensions posed by the work: the genre of romance opposed by conversational and material realism and by philosophical depth; the varying attitudes its poses toward the…

Petti, Anthony G.   London: Edward Arnold, 1977.
Provides samples of handwriting, sections on alphabets, abbreviations, scripts.

Scott, A. F.   London: Elm Tree; New York: Taplinger,1974.
An annotated glossary of personal names, arranged alphabetically within sections. CT is treated separately from BD, HF, LGW, PF and TC. Each of these sections is followed by a list of animal and personal names, with the line references for their…

Coghill, Nevill.   London: English Association, 1971.
Explores the history of the idea of nobility or gentility in European tradition, tracing the etymology of "gentilesse" and Chaucer's importance in the development of the concept in English, especially in KnT, FranT, and WBT. Links Chaucer's uses to…

Grose, M. W.   London: Evans Brothers, 1967.
Introduces to a non-scholarly audience Chaucer's life and works, cast against a background of social, scientific, and intellectual history, with frequent comparisons and contrasts with the modern world. Includes sections on Chaucer's Life, his…

Greenlaw, Lavinia.   London: Faber & Faber, 2014.
New York: Norton, 2015.
Reconstructs the narrative progress of TC in a sequence of some 200 seven-line poems, approximating rhyme royal, keyed by line numbers to Chaucer's work, and arranged in five books; running footers link the verse with the plot. Individual poems give…

O'Donoghue, Bernard.   London: Faber & Faber, 2015.
Presents a brief biography of Chaucer and an overview of Chaucerian criticism before discussing challenges in compiling a Chaucer edition for modern readers. Includes direct commentary on TC and CT.

Davies, R. T., ed.   London: Faber and Faber, 1963.
[Evanston, Illinois]: Northwestern University Press, 1964.
Anthologizes 187 English lyric poems and lyrical excerpts from the twelfth through the sixteenth centuries, arranged in chronological order, with an Introduction (pp. 13-49), on-page glosses, end-of-text notes, an appendix of Types and Titles of the…

Lines, Kathleen, ed.
Howard, Alan, illus.   London: Faber and Faber, 1966.
Includes (pp. 256-76) KnT in a modern prose version from Eleanor Farjeon's "Tales of Chaucer" (1930), here "slightly cut" and titled "Palamon and Arcite." Includes a b&w illus. of Emelye walking below the prison tower.

Coghill, Nevill, trans.   London: Faber and Faber, 1972.
A selection of excerpts from Chaucer's verse with facing-page translations, arranged topically in several categories: "Golden World"; Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory; Dreams; Portraiture; Students; Science; and Matrimony. The excerpts (many with passages…

Gardner, Helen, ed.   London: Faber and Faber, 1972.
Includes four selections of Chaucer's verse, in Middle English: Truth, ["Love Unfeigned"] (TC 5.1835-48), ["A Wanton Merry Friar"] (GP 1.208-68), and ["A Poor Parson"] (GP 1.476-97 . . . 507-28). Published in New York by Oxford University Press as "A…

Perry, Ryan, intro.   London: Flame Tree, 2019.
Item not seen. WorldCat record notes that "This edition is based on the second edition of The complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer, edited by
the Rev. Walter W. Skeat, 1900 (Oxford)," with a "new introduction."
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