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Hastings, Selina.   New York: H. Holt, 1988.
Selections from CT, adapted for children, including NPT, PardT, WBT, FranT, KnT, MilT, and RvT. Color illustrations by Reg Cartwright.

North, John.   New York: Hambledon and London, 2002.
Examines the "highly contrived" allegory of Hans Holbein's painting, "The Ambassadors" (1533), assessing its religious theme as conveyed through evocations of "astronomy and geometry, optics and various occult arts." Also argues that the painting…

Webb, Diana.   New York: Hambledon Continuum, 2007.
Surveys medieval notions and representations of privacy in relation to various religious and devotional practices, study, gardening, social spaces, and the demise of community. Comments recurrently on Chaucer's depictions of solitude, focusing on his…

Griffith, Kelley.   New York: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1994.
Pedagogical anthology designed to demonstrate the range of narrative fiction: ancient and modern; eastern and western; short stories, novels, and their predecessors in myth, epic, romance, tales, and narrative poetry. Includes Theodore Morrison's…

Coffin, Charles M., and Gerrit Hubbard Roselofs, eds.   New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1969.
Begins with a selection from Chaucer (pp. [i], 1-23) which includes Truth, Gent, GP 1-34 and 1.118-62 (Prioress), and NPT, accompanied by notes and glosses, and preceded by advice on Chaucer's English. Originally edited by Coffin in 1954.

Foulke, Robert, and Paul Smith, eds.   New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972.
An anthology of English and American literature arranged by mode (Romance, Tragedy, Comedy, and Irony, with various sub-categories), designed as a textbook for college-level study. Each section is introduced by discussion of constituent features of…

Thompson, Karl F., ed.   New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964.
Includes a selection from GP (ll. 1-719) and PardPT in J. U. Nicolson's modern English translation (1939), with a brief appreciative introduction.

Malcolmson, Anne, ed.   New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964.
Modern English verse translations of portions of CT, designed for a juvenile audience, comprising abridged versions of GP, MkT (Samson, Nebuchadnezzer, and Croesus), NPT, ClT, ManT, FranT, Th, MLT, CYT, and PardT, each introduced with brief comments…

Coffin, Charles M., ed.   New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1954].
Chronological anthology of English and American poetry, beginning with selections from Chaucer (Truth, Gent, GP 1-30, and NPT), with bottom-of-page glosses and notes. Text from F. N. Robinson's edition; preceded by a brief "Note on Reading Chaucer's…

Naylor, Gloria.   New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1992.
First-person novel with several possible allusions to Chaucer's Harry Bailey, the Wife of Bath, and perhaps others.

Herlihy, David, ed.   New York: Harper & Row, 1968.
An anthology of readings from medieval sources--literary, political, religious, etc.-- translated into modern English. Includes GP (translated by Frank E. Hill), titled "Chaucer's Picture of Medieval Society," with a brief descriptive introduction.

Hall, Donald, ed.   New York: Harper & Row, 1971.
An anthology of poetry for beginners, with an introduction to understanding and explicating poetry, selections from "Ten Great Poets," and an additional "One Hundred Poems" which includes the GP description of the Wife of Bath

Wangerin, Walter, Jr.   New York: Harper & Row, 1978.
Fantasy novel, loosely based on NPT, featuring Chauntecleer and Pertelote, along with various barnyard, woodland, and mythic animals.

Bloom, Harold, ed.   New York: HarperCollins, 2004.
Includes selections from GP, WBP, and PardP in Middle English, with glosses, and an introduction in which Bloom comments on Chaucer's characterizations, his influence on Shakespeare and Spenser, and reading Chaucer in its original Middle English.

Johnson, Paul.   New York: HarperCollins, 2006.
Appreciative discussion of the accomplishments of individual artists, designers, musicians, and authors, emphasizing their labors and the nature of their accomplishments. Chapter 2, "Chaucer: The Man in the Fourteenth-Century Street," discusses…

Holsinger, Bruce.   New York: HarperCollins, 2015.
Historical novel set in London, Kent, Calais, and during a pilgrimage to Durham, 1386; the second in a series that features John Gower as first-person narrator investigating criminal and political events, in this case a mass murder that involves…

Stanley-Wrench, Margaret.
Schachner, Erwin, illus.   New York: Hawthorn Books, 1965.
A biography of Chaucer designed for juvenile or young adult readers, including imagined scenes from his childhood, marriage, travels, and professional life, as well as commentary on his literary works. Includes a chronology of "Dates and Events," an…

Morgan, Gerald, ed.   New York: Holmes & Meier; London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1980.
An edition of FranPT, the description of the Franklin from the GP, and the endlink from the SqT, with notes and glosses. In his Introduction (pp. 1-47), Morgan comments on the "challenges" of reading Chaucer's poetry, the "modulation" of his poetic…

Medcalf, Stephen, ed.   New York: Holmes and Meier, 1981.
Essays include "On Reading Books from a Half-Alien Culture," "The Ideal, the Real, and the Quest for Perfection," "Inner and Outer," "Art and Architecture in the Late Middle Ages," "The Age of the Household: Politics, Society, and the Arts c.…

Potter, Stephen.   New York: Holt, 1954.
Introduces and anthologizes examples of humor in English literature, and critical analyses of it, arranged topically by humorous technique; includes Nevill Coghill's modern translation of the GP descriptions of the Wife of Bath and the Pardoner under…

Weber, J. Sherwood, Jules Alan Wein, Arthur Waldhorn, and Arthur Zeiger.   New York: Holt, 1959.
Chapter 12 opens with an introduction to Chaucer's life and works, followed by appreciative commentary on CT as a comedy that is "social, not divine." Includes "Questions for Study and Discussion" on CT generally, and focused questions on KnT, MilT,…

Kökeritz, Helge.   New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961.
Introduces pronunciation of Chaucer's English, offering a series of general rules, explained in relationship to Modern English, both "British and American" and designed for "teachers and students." Also includes transcriptions of nine passages in…

Leggett, Glenn, and Henry-York Steiner, eds.   New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967.
Includes a brief introduction to Chaucer and his works, with a selection from GP and PrT, NPT, and PardT (without their prologues), accompanied by marginal glosses and bottom-of-the-page notes.

Farnham, Anthony E.   New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
Designed as a textbook for study of the history of the English language; includes 24 samples of English prose and poetry, with facing-page translations and brief intoductions. Two selections from Chaucer's works: ABC (pp. 63-75) and Bo 1.prose 6…

Fisher, John H., ed.
Allen, Mark, ed.   New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977 and 1989.
Boston: Wadsworth, 2012.
A comprehensive edition of all of Chaucer's known works (including Equat and Rom), with glosses and notes at the bottom of the page and a text that relies on the collations of previous editors. Includes introductions for each of the works; additional…
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