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Spec. issue on the sexcentenary of Chaucer's death. Suggests a new date-June 2, 1400-for Chaucer's death, based on John Bale's Index Brittaniae Scriptorium (1902 ed.), and surveys the historical background of Chaucer's tomb(s).

A non-academic biography of Chaucer focusing on his responses to the sociohistorical concerns of the "Black Death, war, class, race, religion and social justice" (p. 256). It reprises a view of Chaucer held in the early twentieth century: genial,…

Based on The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd edition, providing a corrected text and set of glosses, with essentially the same apparatus, updated and adapted for beginning students.

Critiques Thomas F. Dunn's analysis of Cx2 and extends it, describing the book's composition and comparing Cx2 with Cx1. Suggests a possible scenario for the preparation of Cx2, discussing the role of the unknown manuscript (designated Y by Dunn) and…

Reprints materials from The Riverside Chaucer, with facing-page Italian translation in verse and prose, following the original. Volume 1 contains the dream poems and TC. Volume 2 includes CT. Both volumes include short introductions to the individual…

French poetic translation of the complete The Canterbury Tales that maintains approximate pentameter but eschews rhyme. In the introduction (pp. 5-19), Crépin argues that Chaucer uses a Socratic method in his deliberate contradictions and that he…

The printing history of Chaucer and Lydgate runs parallel until about 1540. After that, only the printing of Chaucer continues, although Lydgate's works are often included in editions of Chaucer or Chauceriana. The 1542 Statute "An Acte for…

Japanese translation of The Knight's Tale.

Although Caxton, Thynne, and Speght use comparable techniques to establish Chaucer's works by collating, restoring, and emending texts, their editions reveal various and individual methods.

Tabulates Chaucer's collocations of adjectives with the Christian God and pagan gods in TC.

Surveys the sales performance of various editions of Chaucerian texts, concentrating on recent sales and auctions and on market values. Includes a brief survey of Chaucer's works and editions and responds to the auction of Caxton's first edition for…

Discusses the "household book" of Humphrey Newton and its relation to "central literary culture." MS Lat. Misc. C.66 includes a section of ParsT (10.601-29), a section of KnT (1.3047-56), and a letter imitating Troilus upon seeing Criseyde.

Examines variants in WBP 3.115-17 (especially "wight" versus "wright") to identify flaws in applying cladistic theory to manuscript stemmatics. Cladistic analysis underlies the Canterbury Tales Project.

Considers 11 Caxton quarto editions of English verse (STC 17019, 17009, 17030, 1450, 17008, 17018, 17032, 4851, 5091, 5090, and 3303) that include works by Lydgate and Caxton, assessing the economy of their production and their provenances and…

Full-color complete facsimile of the Hengwrt manuscript (Hg) and the Merthyr fragment (Me) of CT. Includes transcriptions of Hg and the Ellesmere manuscript by Michael Pidd and Estelle Stubbs, arranged for comparison; transcription of Me by Paul…

Assesses the genre, fictional self-consciousness, and religious elements of "Pericles," suggesting that Chaucer influenced Shakespeare's decision to include the character Gower onstage throughout the play, an aspect of its literary…

Analyzes the "structural sections" of the Hengwrt manuscript (Hg) to describe the complex process of its copying and construction, concentrating on such matters as hands, inks, running titles, quiring, and the abrupt ending of CkT, and suggesting…

Traces the development of "anon" from Middle English to Early Modern English, using evidence drawn from TC and elsewhere. A revised version of chaper two of Brinton's Pragmatic Markers in English (Berlin and New York: Gruyter, 1996).

Surveys the relationship between song and poetry in English tradition, identifying the tenacity of the association until the end of the nineteenth century as evident in poetry and in the statuary of London's Albert Memorial. Cites evidence from TC…

Explores affinities between Roman Catholic doctrine and outlook and Shakespeare's works, especially his romances and other plays that use the "romance mode." Recurrent references to Chaucer reflect his influence on Shakespeare in plot, mode, and…

Cooper surveys Chaucer's linguistic and poetic innovations, emphasizing that his rewritings of classical, French, and Italian models were "far from being acts of homage." Chaucer may have thought of himself as a literary heir, but he was an…

Studies the incest motif in Confessio Amantis as a "fundamental element" in Gower's explorations of father-daughter relationships and the relationships of authority. In this context, Bullón-Fernández considers Chaucer's MLT and PhyT as analogues…

Nine essays on medieval English literature, a preface by Derek Brewer, an introduction by Aers, and a bibliography of Pearsall's publications through 1998. For two essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Medieval Literature and Historical Inquiry…

Explores faith, social and political action, and theology in late-medieval England, focusing on Chaucer, Gower, Langland, the Gawain poet, and Wyclif. Assesses how their ideas reflect Thomas Aquinas, Ockham, and John Ball and how they responded to…

Mazzon demonstrates a "clear correlation between discourse strategies and pronoun use and switching" in CT. You and thou forms indicate "politeness" as well as social status, gender, and characterization.