Thynne, William ed. Intro. by D. S. Brewer.
London: Scolar Press, 1969.
Thynne's edition was the first substantial effort at a complete edition of the "Works" of Chaucer. A facsimile of the 1532 edition is here accompanied by appendices containing material from the later editions of 1542, 1561, 1598, and 1602.
Beidler, Peter G., ed.
Boston and New York: Bedford-St. Martin's, 1996.
Based on the Hengwrt manuscript, this edition of WBPT and the Wife's sketch from GP is designed for classroom use. It includes notes and glossary, a biographical sketch of Chaucer, a guide to pronunciation and verse, and a summary of historical…
Wynne-Davies, Marion, ed.
London and New York: Routledge, 1992.
An edition of WBPT and ClPT, based on the Hengwrt manuscript. The introduction and critical commentary address the social context of the works, discusssing Griselda and the Wife as accurate reflections of the medieval status of women.
King, Ronald, illustrator.
Guildford, Eng. : Circle Press, 1978.
Fine art printing of GP, with accompanying abstract visual renderings. Each copy (250 printed) includes one of twenty additional original screen prints by King and an accompanying poem or commentary by Roy Fisher, Andrew Crozier, Kevin Power, or…
Study guide that includes text and facing-page prose translation of the GP description of the Pardoner and of PardPT, with same-page notes, end-of-text glosses, a "structural summary," and shaping the Pardoner's materials.
Mack, Peter, and Chris Walton, eds.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Textbook edition of the Miller's sketch from GP, MilPT, and RvP, including glosses and discursive notes, and a discussion of "approaches" to the works--sources and analogues, character analysis, assessment of theme and topic, and analysis of poetic…
Summary (without text) and commentary on MerT, arranged in sections, accompanied by glosses to Middle English phrases. Also includes a brief introduction to Chaucer and his backgrounds; commentary on themes, characterization, and style of MerT; the…
Blake, N. F.
Archiv fur das Studium der Neueren Sprachen und Literaturen 221:1 (1984): 65-79.
Endings may have been lost for HF and other works. The thesis that works were abandoned by Chaucer leads to untenable theories that Chaucer lost his patronage or became bored or dissatisfied.
Halverson, John, ed.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1971.
Edits a selection from CT, with text based on Robinson's 1957 edition, modified in light of Manly and Rickert's collations. Includes complete versions of GP, KnT, MilT, RvT, WBT, FrT, SumT, ClT, MerT, FranT, PardT, PrT, NPT, and Ret, with summaries…
Following Manly and Rickert, Blake sees Hengwrt as the most reliable early manuscript, but omits links for fragments E-F, which Blake believes were added by someone other than Chaucer--i.e., those links joining SqT to MerT and MerT to FranT. Blake…
Coote, Lesley A., ed.
Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Poetry Library, 2002.
A student edition of the complete CT based on British Library MS Harley 7334, supplemented with Hengwrt. The edition-Middle English text with modern punctuation and normalized spelling (y/i, u/v, /th)-includes marginal glosses, brief introductions…
Princeton, N.J : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, with Cromwell Productions, 1999.
Pedagogical tool for introduction to CT, including the text of the Tales in modern and Middle English, selections from the Ellesmere facsimile, overviews of plots and characters, a glossary of modern synonyms for Middle English words, a pronunciation…
Wetherbee, Winthrop.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Wetherbee's book briefly discusses Chaucer's language; the social and literary contexts of his work; the incomplete status of the text; and the reception of the tales, from Caxton, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Dryden to the editions of Skeat and…
Woodward, Daniel,and Martin Stevens, eds.
San Marino, Calif.:
A full-size monochromatic facsimile of the Ellesmere manuscript of CT, from the same transparencies used to produce the full-color version (SAC 19 [1997], no. 30).
Blake, N. F.
A. J. Minnis and Charlotte Brewer, eds. Crux and Controversy in Middle English Textual Criticism (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1992), pp. 19-38.
Critiques Root's and Windeatt's editions of TC for their lack of a clear and consistent theory of textual transmission and explores the problems of producing a valid edition of CT, exposing difficulties by examining the limitations of the Riverside…
Downes, Stephanie.
Patrick Colm Hogan and Bradley J. Irish, eds. The Routledge Companion to Literature and Emotion (New York: Routledge, 2022), pp. 409-20.
Surveys historical interest and recent theorization of emotion and affect produced by 'works, and assesses the role of books in the opening of TC (tears as ink) and in WBP (Jankyn's book) as "affective, emotional objects that arouse a range of…
Item not seen; WorldCat records state that it "Examines the life and ideas of Geoffrey Chaucer and traces the route of his pilgrimage." The records also indicate that the recording was released in 1985 on videocassette with a booklet and in 2005 on…
Cotton, Eve.
Mount Kisco, N. Y.: Guidance Associates, 2005.
Item not located; cited in WorldCat, with the following abstract: "Examines the life and ideas of Geoffrey Chaucer and traces the route of his pilgrimage."
Mattern, Joanne.
Huntington Beach, Calif.: Teacher Created Materials, 2013.
An introduction to Chaucer. his life and times, and the CT, designed for young readers, with color reproductions and photographs drawn from a variety of sources. Emphasizes basic information and vocabulary, with a glossary of modern terms and an…
