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Reece, Spencer.   New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
In her "Foreward" to this collection of Reece's poems (ix-xiii), Louise Glück comments on the theme of virtue in ClT as a "problem" for modern readers, "possibly because virtue unconvincingly disarms brutality." She also observes that Reece's book…

Bloom, Harold, ed.   New York: Infobase, 2008.
Eleven essays previously published between 1999 and 2004. Includes essays by Fiona Somerset on SumT and on clerical hypocrisy, Colin Wilcockson on GP, Katherine Little on ParsT, Lee Patterson on PrT, Elizabeth Robertson on MLT, Louise M. Bishop on…

Sauer, Michelle M., ed.   New York: Infobase, 2008.
An encyclopedia of authors, works, genres, trends, terminology, and sources of British poetry from the beginnings to 1600, with entries composed by the editor and many contributors, with cross listings and suggestions for further reading. Includes an…

Speaight, George.   New York: John de Graff, [1955].
A sweeping survey of puppets, puppeteering, puppet shows, and their cultural legacy in England. Surmises briefly (p. 52) that "popet" (Th 7.701) and "popelote" (MilT 1.3254) may evince knowledge of puppet performance in Chaucerian England, but also…

Robertson, D. W., Jr.   New York: John Wiley & Sons,
An account of London in the late fourteenth century, including descriptions of its historical topography and architecture, the city's customs, a chronicle of its major events and history, and its role as an intellectual center. Chaucer is mentioned…

Brawer, Robert A.   New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
Chapter two, "Selling on a Grand Scale, Playing to an Image-Conscious Society" (pp. 35-59), includes discussion of the Merchant as a "self-made man" who relies on his image of success. Assesses the GP description and compares the character to Horatio…

McCrumb, Sharyn.   New York: Kensington, 2005.
A novel set in the contemporary U.S. that alludes to CT in sustained ways. The plot follows a group of racecar fans on the Dale Earnhardt Memorial Pilgrimage, and includes a tour organizer named Bailey; participants named Reverend Knight, Mr.…

Gardner, John Champlin.   New York: Knopf, 1976.
Chaucer's childhood was pleasant and stimulating. He was a close and lifelong friend of John of Gaunt. Alice Perrers was likewise his close friend and patron. Richard was an intelligent, sensitive ruler, more sinned against than sinning. In 1398,…

Swift, Graham.   New York: Knopf, 1992.
Comic novel cast as the first-person memoir of British academic who identifies with Shakespeare's Hamlet (p. 7) and alludes to Chaucer at least once, citing his own feelings as being similar to those of the "ghost of Troilus at the end of Chaucer's…

Cawley, A. C., ed., with an Introduction by Derek Pearsall.   New York: Knopf, 1992.
Reprints the 1958 Everyman edition of the complete CT, with bottom-of-page glosses. Includes a new introduction (pp. vii-xxiii) and bibliography by Derek Pearsall. The introduction considers the "unfinished and improvisatory state" of CT, its…

Swan, Susan.   New York: Knopf, 1993.
A novel of adolescent females' struggle for sexual freedom, set in a boarding school in Bath.

Schmidt, Michael   New York: Knopf, 1999.
A history of international English poetry, with recurrent attention to the history of the language, verse forms and style, political contours, and the anxieties of influence. The structure is chronological until the twentieth century, when Schmidt…

Donoghue, Emma.   New York: Knopf, 2010.
A topically arranged survey of female same-sex desire in Western literature, with a brief discussion (p. 6) of MLT as "perhaps the earliest example in English" where "mutual passion between two women . . . moves the story along."

Tombs, Robert.   New York: Knopf, 2014.
Presents a comprehensive history of England and argues that shared language is a key component of an English national identity that was developed by the end of the Middle Ages. Credits Chaucer, Langland, and Wyclif with the revival of English in the…

Clark, Roy Peter.   New York: Little, Brown, 2016.
Reflects on how GP yields patterns for writers to emulate, since the first line concerns the cycle of nature, patterns of order and hierarchy, and the theme of regeneration, in a syntactically complicated periodic sentence.

Kirkpatrick, Robin.   New York: Longman, 1995.
Surveys the sustained influence of Italian culture in England from Chaucer through Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, Gascoigne, Marston, Fletcher, and Shakespeare. Summarizes the development of Italian city-states and explores topics such as Italian influence…

Damrosch, David, gen. ed.   New York: Longman, 2004.
Volume B, entitled "The Medieval Era," includes selections from CT (GP, MilPT, and WBPT; pp. 1239-1306) in the translation by J. U. Nicolson, with brief notes and glosses. The 2d edition (2009) adds David L. Pike as a gen. ed., and includes the same…

Cohen, Barbara, trans.   New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd Books, 1988.
Modern prose translation, intended for children, of NPPT, PardPT, WBPT, and FranPT, with a version of GP that lacks the descriptions of the pilgrims. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; Introduction (pp. 7-8) by Christopher Baswell.

Swisher, Clarice.   New York: Lucent, 2003.
Study guide that describes Chaucer's life and historical context, and surveys the characters, plots, themes, and literary devices of CT. Designed for young adult readers; includes suggestions for essays and excerpts from critical studies.

Rosenthal, M. L., and A. J. M. Smith.   New York: Macmillan, 1955.
Introduces "the study of poetry," suitable for classroom use. A section on "Implied Argument: Irony and Ambiguity" includes a reading of PardT 6.728-33 that suggests a "profound idea wells up in this passage--the idea that we cannot conceive of…

Tenn, William, ed.
Westlake, Donald, ed.   New York: Macmillan, 1968.
Includes a modern prose translation of PardT in an anthology of twenty-two short stories of crime fiction by authors not usually associated with the genre.

Greenspan, Charlotte L., and Lester M. Hirsch, eds.   New York: Macmillan, 1971.
An anthology of literary depictions of "overt prejudice" (p. xi) including a modern translation of PrT in rhyme royal (by Nevill Coghill) in a section called "Roots of Prejudice." The volume is designed for classroom use, with discussion questions…

Bowden, Muriel.   New York: Macmillan; London: Collier-Macmillan, 1967.
Reprints the original version of 1948, with a very brief second preface (half page) and appended additional material and bibliography (pp. 317-28). Throughout the reprinted text, the additional material is signaled by means of daggers included in the…

Lodge, David.
  New York: Macmillan; London: Secker & Warburg, 1984.
A comic novel that satirizes academic travel and conferencing, particularly in English studies. The "Prologue" opens with a quotation of GP 1-11 in modern translation, replacing pilgrimage with conference-going, followed by a quotation from TC…

Rudd, Gillian.   New York: Manchester University Press, 2007.
Explores relationships between humankind and natural landscapes through critical readings that combine ecological emphases with literary analysis. In a chapter titled "Trees," Rudd suggests that the eventual fate of the forest in KnT illuminates the…
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