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Loomis, Roger Sherman.   London: Hutchinson University Library, 1963.
New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1964.
Comments on several thematic concerns as they occur in Chaucer's works as well as in Arthurian tradition (pity, renunciation of the world, etc.) and summarizes scholarship pertaining to the Auchinleck MS as a source for Th; also discusses WBT as a…

Lawlor, John.   London: Hutchinson University Library, 1968.
Treats Chaucer's major narrative poems as "oral script(s)" presented to a "small and courtly audience," offering sustained readings that reflect the poems' tensions between authority and experience (or "pref") and address concerns of poetic freedom…

Stevens, John.   London: Hutchinson University Library, 1973
Describes the plots and concerns of medieval romances, especially those produced in France and England, seeking to characterize the genre and demonstrate its "pervasiveness" in medieval culture. Identifies a number of recurrent motifs, including…

Evans, G. R.   London: I. B. Tauris, 2017.
Addresses the history of medieval Christianity from the fall of Rome to the ideas of the Reformation. Focuses less on secular and ecclesiastical religious elites and more on how the general public viewed issues of damnation and salvation in the…

Ashford-Brown, Ashley.   London: Indigo, 1994.
Item not seen. WorldCat records indicate this is a "blank journal with a quotation and/or illustration from Chaucer on each page."

Winters, Geoffrey, composer, with words by Nancy Bush.   London: J & W Chester, 1968.
Item not seen. The WorldCat record indicates that this is a series of songs, adapted from NPT, for "unison or 2-part children's choir accompanied by violin, recorders, percussion, piano, and guitar." Duration: approximately 20 minutes.

Musgrave, Thea, composer.   London: J. & W. Chester, 1960.
Sets MerB to orchestral music, sung by tenor; text in Middle English. A Special Oder Edition / Study Score was commissioned by the Saltire Music Group, apparently in 2009.

Andrew, Malcolm, and A. C. Cawley, eds.   London: J. M. Dent, 1997.
Revised edition of Cawley's Everyman text of GP, MilT, RvT, CkT, ShT, and NPT, with a brief descriptive introduction, glosses, and comments on pronunciation, grammar, and versification.

Cawley, A.C., ed.   London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1990.
Reprint of 1958 edition, with slight revisions in bibliography.

Robinson, F. W., ed.   London: James Brodie, [1953].
Item not seen. WorldCat records also include a revised version published in 1979 by Pan Books.

Robinson, F. W., ed.   London: James Brodie, 1954.
Item not seen. WorldCat records indicate that this edition of GP includes notes and an introduction.

Lindfield, Eric G., and Egon Larsen, eds.   London: Jenkins, 1963.
Comments on the legacy of Chaucer's humor in English literature, and includes a brief introduction to CT and selections from GP (descriptions of Wife Bath, Miller, Summoner, and Pardoner) in modern English translation (by Nevill Coghill), accompanied…

Mathew, Gervase.   London: John Murray, 1968.
Political and social history of court life during the reign of Richard II, with emphasis on art and literature. Includes a chapter pertaining to Chaucer (pp. 62-73) and recurrently attends to his relations with contemporaneous poets Thomas Usk,…

Armitage, Kenneth.   London: Jonathan Clark Fine Art, 2005.
Twenty-two b&w drawings (plus two cover illustrations) by Armitage accompany Urry's 1721 text of RvPT, with same-page modern poetic translation in by Nevill Coghill (1951). Each drawing has a title.

Boffey, Julia, and Janet Cowen, eds.   London: King's College Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studi es, 1991.
Nine essays by various authors, eight of which assess Chaucer's fifteenth-century legacy. For the individual essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Chaucer and Fifteenth-Century Poetry under Alternative Title.

Kears, Carl, and James Paz, eds.   London: King's College London Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies, 2016.
Includes essays that seek to redefine science fiction as literature that combines interests in both science and literature. Also examines the use of the medieval in modern fantasy texts. For three essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Medieval…

Blake, N. F.,and Peter Robinson,eds.   London: King's College, Office for Humanities Communiciations, 1997.
Nine essays by various authors and a preface by the editors, all of which pertain to textual issues of CT or to the principles and practices of the "Canterbury Tales" Project. For individual essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Canterbury…

Wright, Clare.   London: Letts Educational, 1995.
Study guide to GP for adolescent readers, with a modern translation accompanied by running commentary that focuses on key words and unfamiliar concepts. The Introduction concerns themes, images, and social conditions, and the volume concludes with a…

Kane, George.   London: Lewis, 1965.
Rejects "unsupported biographical inference" about the lives and personalities of Chaucer and William Langland, arguing that it is illogical to assume that the personae they project in their poetry are autobiographical. Conflation or confusion of the…

Coghill, Nevill, trans.
Cousins, Derek, illus.   London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1960.
Limited art edition (200 copies printed) of MerPT, translated by Nevill Coghill (1960), illustrated by Derek Cousins, and designed by Thomas Simmonds. Coghill's translation is interleaved for comparison with the text from the Ellesmere manuscript,…

East, W. G.   London: Longman Press, 1980.
Summary (without text) and commentary on FranT, arranged in sections, accompanied by glosses to Middle English phrases. Also includes a brief introduction to Chaucer and his backgrounds, commentary on themes and style of FranT, its characterization…

Spackman, Anna   London: Longman York Press, 1980.
Summary (without text) and commentary on NPPT, arranged in sections, accompanied by glosses to Middle English phrases. Also includes a brief introduction to Chaucer and his literature; commentary on source materials of NPT, its characterization and…

Windeatt, Barry.   London: Longman York Press, 1980.
Summary (without text) and commentary on PardPT, arranged in sections, accompanied by glosses to Middle English phrases. Also includes a brief introduction to Chaucer and his literature, commentary on source materials of PardPT, its characterization…

Alexander, Michael.   London: Longman York Press, 1981.
Summary (without text) and commentary on the GP description of the Knight and on KnT, arranged in sections, accompanied by glosses to Middle English words and phrases. Also includes a brief introduction to Chaucer and his literature; commentary on…

East, W. G.   London: Longman York Press, 1981.
Summary (without text) and commentary on WBPT, arranged in sections, accompanied by glosses to Middle English phrases. Also includes a brief introduction to Chaucer, CT, and medieval antifeminism; commentary on characterization, the Wife's horoscope,…
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