Blake, N. F.
Norman Blake and Peter Robinson, eds. The Canterbury Tales Project Occasional Papers, Volume II (London: King's College, Office of Humanities Communications, 1997), pp. 5-14.
Describes a system of lineation for consistent citation of all materials relating to the textual history of CT, not only lines generally accepted as genuine but also all spurious and contested lines, including spurious tales. Explains the need for…
Dunning, T. P.
Norman Davis and C. L. Wrenn, eds. English and Medieval Studies Presented to J. R. R. Tolkien on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday (New York: Humanities; London: Allen and Unwin, 1962), pp. 164-82.
Traces references to Christian, pagan, courtly, and Boethian love throughout TC, aligning them references to fate, Providence, and Fortune, and arguing that they lead in progressive fashion to the realization that Troilus's constancy mirrors divine…
Thompson, W. Meredith.
Norman Davis and C. L. Wrenn, eds. English and Medieval Studies Presented to J. R. R. Tolkien on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday (New York: Humanities; London: Allen and Unwin, 1962), pp. 183-99.
Surveys Chaucer's translations of passages from the Bible, commenting on his Biblical knowledge, his artistry in translating and using scripture, his mediating sources, his possible uses of the Vulgate and Wycliffite versions, and his "attitude" to…
Machan, Tim William.
Norman, Okla. : Pilgrim Books, 1985.
Although in Bo Chaucer maintains fidelity to his source, he manipulates language through periphrastic derivatives, lexical and syntactic experimentation, combined translations, double and alternate translations, and doublets. Bo as we have it was…
Hanly, Michael G.
Norman, Okla. : Pilgrim Books, 1990.
Investigates "topics relevant to the central question: Did Chaucer use the 'Roman de Troyle' of Beauvau, Seneschal of Anjou," in the composition of TC? Hanly reviews a number of candidates for authorship of the "Roman" and concludes that Chaucer…
Treats contents and history of the volume bequeathed to Magdalene College by Samuel Pepys. The first of the two manuscripts in the volume preserves texts of LGW, ABC, HF, Mars, Ven, For, PF, and several non-Chaucerian works.
The introduction treats contents, date, material and structure, ruling, layout and presentation of texts, handwriting, punctuation, correction and annotation, decoration, binding, and the history of the volume bequeathed to Magdalen College by Samuel…
So rarely does medieval poetry combine comedy and allegory that superficially the two modes seem irreconcilable: for some, humor undermines allegory's decorum of high seriousness; for others, it provides (at best) only badly needed comic relief. …
Rose, Donald M., ed.
Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1981.
Commissioned originally to be read at the Second International Congress of the New Chaucer Society, these thirteen essays demonstrate the validity of recent critical trends in Chaucer. Several essays on historical approaches to Chaucer suggest new…
Beadle, Richard, and J. J. Griffiths, intro.
Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1983.
A fifteenth-century manuscript of major importance in establishing the TC text--which contains in a sixteenth-century hand Henryson's "Testament of Cresseid" also.
Shoaf, Richard Allen.
Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1983.
After an introduction, "The Discourse of Man 'By Nature a Political Animal,'" follow three parts: "Dante's 'Commedia' and the Promise of Reference," dealing with Narcissus--damned ("Inferno" 30), purged ("Purgatorio" 30), and redeemed ("Paradiso"…
Ruggiers, Paul G., ed.
Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984.
A collection of essays on the editorial practices of great editors of Chaucer: Caxton, by Beverly Boyd; Thynne, by James E. Blodgett; Stow, by Anne Hudson; Speght by Derek Pearsall; Urry, by William L. Alderson; Tyrwhitt, by B. A. Windeatt; Wright,…
Schless, Howard H.
Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984.
Evaluates Chaucer's indebtedness to Dante by examining ascriptions (indexed two ways). Considers aspects of Chaucer-Dante relationship within European setting. The younger Chaucer borrowed isolated lines and phrases from the "Comedy"; the mature…
Ransom, Daniel J.
Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1985.
Ransom demonstrates "the ironic tone of four Harley poems," reveals "the parodic intention (ambiguities, incongruities, exaggerations) that underlies that tone," and discovers irony in other Harley lyrics. Includes various references to and…
Cherniss, Michael D.
Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1987.
Studies six medieval poems in a genre structured by the "Consolation of Philosophy," beginning with an exploration of Boethius's literary strategies and shaping influence and continuing to examine "De planctu naturae," "Roman de la Rose," "Confessio…
Examines "Sir Gawain" in the context of ideas about chivalry and death in the fourteenth century and conflicts between morality and knighthood. A pessimistic view of knighthood is seen in "Form Age." Clein discusses indeterminancy and audience…
Hornsby, Joseph Allen.
Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1988.
Explores Chaucer's legal background, his connection with English canon law of agreements, the secular law of agreements, and medieval English criminal law and procedure.
Written by various hands in the fifteenth century, the Bodleian MS Tanner 346, the earliest of the Oxford Group, is indispensable in establishing the canon of the minor poems, especially Anel, Mars, Ven, and Pity. In addition, it contains BD, PF,…
Parkes, Malcolm, and Richard Beadle, intro.
Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books; Suffolk: Boydell and Brewer, 1981.
Among the earliest of the Chaucer manuscripts, Cambridge Library Gg.4.27, once lavishly illustrated but now mutilated, is nevertheless the most nearly complete and one of the most reliable of Chaucer manuscripts.
