Bloom, Harold, ed.
New York: Bloom's Literary Criticism, 2007.
Ten previously printed or excerpted essays by various authors, with an introduction by the editor, a Chaucer chronology, and a bibliography. Topics include the ending of TC (E. Talbot Donaldson); LGWP (Robert Worth Frank, Jr.); interplay between KnT…
Bloom, Harold, ed.
New York: Bloom's Literary Criticism, 2008.
A summary/introduction to the pilgrims and plots (Part 7 excepted) of CT, with brief excerpts from fourteen critical commentaries written between 1956 and 2007; annotations of twenty-one book-length studies; and an index.
Sauer, Michelle M.
New York: Bloom's Literary Criticism, 2010.
Pedagogical introduction to Chaucer's works, presented as advice for writing college-level essays (written by Sauer with Laurie A. Sterling, with a sample essay on male physiognomy in GP by Timothy Richards) and writing about Chaucer more…
Includes brief comments on MilT as an example of "a carnival-like rejection of hierarchies," aligning it with Alenca Zupančič's theory that "comedy creates what we understand 'human' to be."
Hughes, Jonathan.
New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
Studies the reception of Dante in England, 1370–1450, focusing on ecclesiastical concerns about the "Divine Comedy" (DC) and literary responses to the poem and its worldview. Includes assessment of possible routes for Chaucer's initial access to DC…
Explores how tree climbers have been represented in European and North American literature and art, including discussion of MerT in a section on "questionable gendered attitudes about women climbing trees," traced back to the biblical Garden of Eden.…
Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome, and Linda T. Elkins-Tanton.
New York: Bloomsbury, 2017.
An edited epistolary exchange between medievalist Cohen and physical scientist Elkins-Tanton, exploring humanist and scientific perspectives on epistemology, point of view, temporality, beauty, and human comprehension of the earth and the cosmos.…
Chaudhuri, Sukanta, ed.
New York: Bloomsbury, 2017.
The introduction and notes include commentary on Shakespeare's debts to Chaucer in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," focusing on the characterization of Theseus, the "rite of maying"" and elements of the fairy world. Discusses KnT most extensively, but…
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…
Slaughter, Eugene Edward.
New York: Bookman, 1957.
Classifies various kinds of love in Chaucer's works--religio-philosophical, courtly, heroic, and syncretistic--with sub-categories of virtues, vices, and sins in each. Describes the sources, characteristics, and overlapping of the classifications,…
Anthologizes selections and excerpts from medieval literature and history (most in modern English), offered for use as a textbook in social history. Includes GP, lines 1-274 (pp. 228-48), in normalized Middle English, with no notes or glosses,…
Augustyn, Adam.
New York: Britannica Educational Publishing. in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2014.
Describes the lives and accomplishments of some 100 international writers. The section on Chaucer (pp. 84-92) summarizes his life and career as a public servant, integrating discussion of his major works in chronological order and emphasizing CT,…
Includes discussion of the setting of "Eger and Grime" in the "Land of Beame," i.e., Bohemia, and provides background for understanding the popularity and influence of Anne of Bohemia and Bohemian fashion at the English court after her arrival in…
Trimble, Lester, composer.
New York: C. F. Perkins, 1967.
Four-part musical score for selections (in Middle English) from GP, 1-42, the GP descriptions of the Knight and the Squire, and WBP 3.1-34. The introductory materials include comments on expression, tone, and pronunciation, with Trimble's remark that…
Ashcroft, Dame Peggy, reader.
New York: Caedmon, 1961
Dramatic reading of WBPT, in the translation of J. U. Nicholson, directed by Howard Sackler. Liner notes quotes portions of GP description of the Wife in Middle English. Also issued on cassette tape and on CD-ROM.
Sackler, Howard, dir.
Morrison, Theodore, trans.
Holloway, Stanley, reader.
MacLiammoir, Michéal, reader.
New York: Caedmon, 1962. (TC 1130)
Readings of PardPT (MacLiammoir) and MilT (Holloway) in Theodore Morrison's modern verse translation. Caedmon also released this recording on cassette tape.
Bessinger, J. B., Jr., reader.
New York: Caedmon, 1962. (TC 1151). Available at archive.org; accessed June 29, 2024.
A reading in Middle English of GP, ParsP, and Ret., accompanied by introductory liner introduction and a 12-booklet that includes the text of the poetry from F. N. Robinson's 1957 edition, withour notes or glosses.
Bessinger, J. B., Jr., reader.
New York: Caedmon, 1967. (TC 1223)
A reading in Middle English of MilPT and RvPT, accompanied by a companion booklet that comprises the text, notes, and glosses based on E. T. Donaldson's "Chaucer's Poetry" (1958).
Bessinger, J. B., Jr., reader
New York: Caedmon, 1967. (TC 1226)
A reading in Middle English of PF, MerB, Ros, Sted, Purse, Adam, and Scogan, accompanied by a companion booklet that comprises the text, notes, and glosses based on E. T Donaldson's "Chaucer's Poetry" (1958).
