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Enck, John J., Elizabeth T. Forter, and Alvin Whitley, eds.   New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1960.
Textbook anthology of "theories and examples of the comic" that includes John Dryden's adaptation of NPT under the title "The Cock and the Fox or, The Tale of the Nun's Priest," attributing it to Chaucer.

Baugh, Albert C.   New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1968.
Lists bibliographical citations of Chaucer studies, with sections on reference works, biography, social and cultural environments, editions and modernizations, language and versification, sources, individual works, apocrypha, etc., but excluding…

Greenfield, Stanley B., ed.
Weatherhead, A. Kingsley, ed.   New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1968.
An anthology of English poetry, arranged chronologically, with a brief introduction on "The Experience of a Poem" and a glossary of poetic terminology. The selections from Old and Middle English poetry are generally given in modern verse translation,…

Matthews, William, ed.   New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts; London: Peter Owen, 1963.
Anthologizes some sixty modernized examples and excerpts from late-medieval English prose writing, arranged by topic, form, or genre (e.g., Historians, Mystics, Religious Controversialists, etc.), with a brief introduction to each section. Includes a…

O'Mara, Lesley, comp.   New York: Arcade, 1991.
An anthology for children of animal tales from Aesop, the Grimm brothers, etc., including a selection from NPT (pp. 51-56; excludes the dream commentary and philosophy), as "retold by" Stephen Corrin. Plates and illustrations by Angel Dominquez.

Raymo, Robert R., and Judith Glazer-Raymo, compilers.
Perkins, Shari, and Jared Camins-Esakov, eds.   New York: Ascensius Press, 2015.
Catalogues the Chaucer collection of Raymo and Glazer-Raymo, which includes editions of the complete works of Chaucer, critical and literary histories, recordings of readings, and collections of Chaucer ephemera.

Reed, Gwendolyn, ed.
Margules, Gabriele, illus.   New York: Atheneum, 1968.
Includes a modernized poetic translation of ManT 9.163-80, under the title "Take Any Bird," accompanied by a pen drawing of a caged bird.

Chapman, Vera.   New York: Avon, 1978.
Fictional adaptation of WBP set in the frame of the CT.

Weir, Alison.   New York: Ballantine Books, 2009.
Biography of Katherine Swynford, emphasizing the love she shared with John of Gaunt. Includes color illustrations, notes, index, bibliography, and several appendices (including a genealogical table of the Chaucer family). Numerous brief references…

Crane, Milton, ed.   New York: Bantam, 1961.
On pp. 67-83 this anthology includes WBP in Theodore Morrison's modern verse translation and the ballade from LGWP.

Hieatt, A. Kent, and Constance Hieatt, eds. and trans.   New York: Bantam, 1964.
Middle English text with Modern English translation, line-by-line, of GP, KnT, MilPT, WBPT, MerPT, FranT, PardPT, PrPT, and NPT, with a brief glossary of names and terms and a bibliography appended. The Introduction describes Chaucer's life and the…

Russ, Joanna.   New York: Bantam, 1975.
Feminist science-fiction novel; concludes with a colophon that echoes TC 5.1786-99.

Curry, Walter Clyde.   New York: Barnes & Noble, 1960.
Revises slightly the author's 1926 study of the same title (Oxford University Press), here adding two essays, also previously published: "Destiny in Troilus and Criseyde" (1930) and "Arcite's Intellect" (1930). The enlarged edition also updates the…

Zesmer, David M.   New York: Barnes & Noble, 1961.
Surveys English literature and critical responses to this literature; designed for classroom use. Summarizes historical backgrounds and provides annotated bibliographies, linked with the discussions of individual works, authors, and topics, including…

Elliott, Ralph W. V.   New York: Barnes & Noble, 1965.
Introductory, descriptive analysis of NPPT and PardPT, "designed primarily for the school, college, and university student." Summarizes the places of the two Tales in CT and explains their poetic and thematic concerns, focusing on the artful…

Gillie, Christopher.   New York: Barnes & Noble, 1965.
Traces the development of characterization in representative works of English literature from the Middle Ages to Joyce and Lawrence, emphasizing the change from universalized figures to individual psychology. Includes a chapter entitled "Women by…

Thompson, Ann.   New York: Barnes & Noble, 1978.
Elizabethan and Jacobean writers found Chaucer a major poet. The poems most frequently used--TC, KnT, and ClT--show that they regarded Chaucer as a romantic not a comic writer. He is used for a brief reference or quotation, a subsidiary source, or…

Burr, David Stanford, ed.   New York: Barnes & Noble, 2002.
This anthology of lyrics and excerpts includes Troilus's Song (TC 1.400-29), in Middle English.

Denny-Brown, Andrea, intro.   New York: Barnes & Noble, 2005.
Reprints Walter W. Skeat's edition of TC, with a new introduction (pp. vii-xv) and brief bibliography (pp. 261-62).

Tuttle, Peter, trans.   New York: Barnes & Noble, 2006.
Facing-page translation of selections from CT: GP, KnT, MilT, RvT, WBPT, ClT, FranT, PardPT, and NPT. Includes a chronology, brief notes (pp. 503-18), a survey of commentary on Chaucer through the ages, four discussion questions, suggestions for…

Cawley, A. C., ed.   New York: Barnes & Noble; Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1969.
Ten essays by various authors, six of them previously published. For the newly published essays, search for Chaucer's Mind and Art under Alternative Title.

Reeves, James, ed.   New York: Barnes & Noble; London: Heinemann Educational, 1970.
Item not seen; WorldCat record indicates that this anthology of Chaucer's lyrics and allegories includes an introduction, notes, and a glossary.

Wellesley, Mary.   New York: Basic, 2021.
Introduces medieval manuscripts, their production, and their legacies, with emphasis on the experiences, surprises, and pleasures of manuscript study. Refers to Chaucer's life, works, and manuscripts recurrently, with a brief section on his…

Williamson, John R.
Zell, Mary Jo.
Davis, Elizabeth A.   New York: Bedford/ St. Martin's, 2023.
Item not seen. WorldCat records indicate that Unit One of this pedagogical study guide includes a thematic section "Faith and Doubt," which features PardT (J. U. Nicolson's poetic translation), with exploratory study questions. A student workbook is…

Moseley, C. W. R. D., ed.   New York: Berghahn, 2020.
Reprints ten essays on Chaucer by various authors, each previously edited by Moseley for two issues of the journal Critical Survey: 29, no. 3 (2017) and 30, no. 2 (2018). The volume includes an introductory essay by Moseley and a comprehensive index.
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