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Identifies the "sense of middleness" found in Middle English verse that rejects "received concepts of poetic form and offers alternatives." Includes a reading of HF "in which Chaucer presents a radically unconventional definition of 'poetic voice' in…

Focuses on the circle rhyme in the second book of HF, which reflects the theory of poetic form and voice as found in the vision itself.

Departures from Boccaccio's tale of Griselda are examined to prove that Chaucer had been familiar with three other versions, those of Petrarch, MS 1165, and Mezieres. Chaucer used differences in detail to add delicacy to enhance the emotional…

Scog is successful as an expression of courtly friendship in the particular social circumstances of civil servants' lives.

The poems to Scogan, Bukton, and Vache, and those to Richard II and Henry IV provide evidence of the makeup of the audience, with whom the poet shared an interest in good manners and good humor.

Argues that in SqT, FranT, KnT, and TC Chaucer used romance to reconcile his two responsibilities as a lay clerk: "to speak of morality and of the refinements of love."

Argues that, while clearly discrediting summoners, the Friar "also discredits himself." Reads FrT as a exemplum that satirizes summoners and, ironically, condemns the Friar's malicious hypocrisy, especially clear in light of contemporary sermon…

Treats GP as a record of social history, focusing on the economic information available in the descriptions of the pilgrims, particularly as it is evident in the work they do and the status they hold in relation to land, the Church, and trade. Treats…

Identifies a variety of tones in NPT, identifying interplay among the voice of the "rhetor," a "sermonizing" voice, and the outlook of a "sophisticated fabulist," exploring the "quality of their combination" by observing their relations with…

Addressed to high school students. Surveys Chaucer's life and works, with emphasis on CT, emphasizing Chaucer's counterpoint between romance and realism.

Considers the relationship of the psychological and artistic motifs in TC.

Lenz considers the collision/juxtaposition of dreams and medical knowledge in BD, HF, PF, TC and NPT. Argues that this confluence offers a previously neglected dimension of Chaucer's work.

Highlights prominent connections among dreams, medicine, and literature in Chaucer's poetry. Argues that dreams and medicine are integral aspects of Chaucer's works and that the poet shows how they can be experienced through literature to bring…

Commentary on HF as a self-conscious narrative that confronts questions of human knowledge and individual behavior.

Tabulates Chaucer's allusions to Spanish people and places; explores ways to account for these political, social, and cultural references and what they can tell us about medieval Spanish/English relations.

Examines a series of passsages that characterize Criseyde's relations with her lovers.

Examines an exchange between Troilus and Pandarus to explore the theme of public versus private life in TC. Explores the relation between friendship and the public-private dialectic.

Includes six essays about Chaucer by Leon Sendra and a summary-introduction by Jesus L. Serrano Reyes. The first essay proposes a sociolinguistic approach to Chaucer's works, based on the textual-linguistic theory of M. A. K. Halliday, and the other…

Systemetic functional analysis of TC, exploring how Chaucer seeks to change or improve his community's views on love.

Presents HF as a poetic and rhetoric reflection, as well as a reaction to the desire to have (versus the desire to be) and the belief in popular opinion (versus the belief in truth).

Focuses on Chaucer's humor and irony in the love consummation scene in TC, and how he frames terminology as courtly love, while undermining the concept.

Spanish translation of HF, with facing-page Middle English. Includes a brief introduction (pp. 1-8) and extensive notes (pp. 195-346), with lists of bibliographical references and proper names.

The authors maintain that Chaucer's visit to Monserrat inspired aspects of HF and suggest that Chaucer's man of great authority (HF 2158) was Pedro IV.

Explicates aspects of rhetoric, person, and theme in lines 1868-1915 of HF.

Assesses the Physician as a skillful practitioner and comments on PhyT, audience response to the tale, sources, arrangement of materials, and Chaucer's message.