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Armitage, Kenneth.   London: Jonathan Clark Fine Art, 2005.
Twenty-two b&w drawings (plus two cover illustrations) by Armitage accompany Urry's 1721 text of RvPT, with same-page modern poetic translation in by Nevill Coghill (1951). Each drawing has a title.

Poulton, Mike.   London: Nick Hern, in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company, 2005.
Selections from CT adapted for the stage in modernized iambic couplets (with MLT, PrT, and ClT in rhyme royal stanzas), arranged in two plays, each with two parts, with intervals. Part One opens with a truncated GP, as most of the descriptions of the…

Swan, Richard.   Deddington, Oxfordshire: Philip Allan Updates, 2005.
Student guide to MerPT and the GP description of the Merchant (text included for GP selection only), with general information about CT and reading Chaucer, and more specific discussion of plot, characters, themes, genre, and techniques of MerT.…

Swan, Richard.   Deddington, Oxfordshire: Philip Allan Updates, 2005.
Student guide to MilPT and the GP description of the Miller (text included for GP selection only), with general information about CT and reading Chaucer, and more specific discussion of plot, characters, themes, genre, and techniques of MilT.…

Lasky, Melvin J.   Melvin J. Lasky, Profanity, Obscenity & the Media: The Language of Journalism, Volume 2 (London: Transaction, 2005), pp. 141-44.
Comments on Chaucer's uses of words that have come to be regarded as obscene or distasteful.

Nolan, Maura.   Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Studies how John Lydgate's occasional poetry, including mummings and diguisings, reacts to and helps to shape an emergent notion of "public culture" that differs from that of his predecessor, Chaucer. Lydgate, Nolan argues, translated "the poetic…

Borowitz, Albert.   Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2005.
Traces the development of the traditional story of Herostratos, the arsonist of Diana's temple in Ephesus, and comments (pp. 23-24) that, in light of its inconsistencies with the traditional account, Chaucer's reference (HF 1844) to one who set fire…

Crick, Mark.   Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of Literature in 17 Recipes (London: Granta, 2005), pp. 89-92.
Presents a soup recipe, posed as a conversation in modern iambic pentameter between Chaucer's Host and the "Exciseman of London," who describes the preparation of the soup. Includes a color plate of a faux stained glass medallion of Chaucer as a…

Morgan, Philippa.   New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Constable, 2005.
Historical detective novel, with Chaucer, while on a diplomatic mission to Florence in 1373, investigating the murder of Florentine banking magnate Antonio Lipari who had arranged to loan money to Edward III.

Nisse, Ruth.   Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005.
Assesses the biblical and theatrical allusions in MilT for the ways that they engage the theme of interpretation, challenge gender categories, and dovetail with contemporary concerns about the dangers of drama and reading. Compares these with similar…

Forni, Kathleen, ed.   Kalamazoo, Mich.: Medieval Institute, 2005.
Edits sixteen medieval narrative poems and lyrics "prized and preserved because of their associations with Chaucer." Includes glosses, notes, and textual information, with a cumulative bibliography and brief glossary. The selection includes "The…

Buenos Aires: Editorial Biblos, 2005.
Item not seen; cited in WorldCat as an anthology in Spanish of selections from CT, Boccaccio's "Decameron," and Don Juan Manuel's "Conde de Lucanor," with selection and notes by Susana G. Artal.

Cotton, Eve.   Mount Kisco, N. Y.: Guidance Associates, 2005.
Item not located; cited in WorldCat, with the following abstract: "Examines the life and ideas of Geoffrey Chaucer and traces the route of his pilgrimage."

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).

Lombardi, Chiara.   Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2005.
Analysis of the versions of the Troy story by Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Shakespeare, with attention to earlier versions and to the impact of the story and its main characters on western culture. Gauges the importance of ancient stories in shaping…

Reeves, Michelle.   Atlanta: 3rdness, 2005.
Item not seen; listed in WorldCat, which includes "Elegy in Blue (for Chaucer)" in the volume's table of contents.

Cornelius, Michael J.   Zachary Michael Jack, ed. Black Earth and Ivory Tower: New American Essays from Farm and Classroom (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2005), pp. 143-55.
Assesses Chaucer's respect for the work of medieval farmers and medieval students (as evident in GP and ClT), interspersed with Cornelius' recollections of his decision to leave farming for academic study.

Drout, Michael D. C.   Prince Frederick, Md.: Recorded Books, 2005.
Designed as a college-level academic course, with a series of fourteen lectures by Drout on Chaucer's life, language, and works. Lectures 1-2 pertain to biography, language, and style; lectures 3-4 to the dream visions and translations; 5-6 to TC;…

Figg, Kristen Mossler, and John Block Friedman, eds.   Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2005.
An encyclopedic survey of medieval arts and humanities. The section on Literature, by Lorraine Stock, includes a summary analysis of CT (pp. 199-201) and a description of Chaucer's life and works (p. 205).

Kirschenbaum, Valerie.   New York: Global Renaissance Society, 2005.
Recounts Kirchenbaum's career and thoughts as an innovative teacher who uses creative design to inspire her students, arranged as a series of examples from international history and personal experience. Includes "Measuring the Immeasurable: Chaucer"…

Nelson, Marilyn.   Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2005.
An anthology of narrative poetry that includes "The Cachoeira Tales," modeled on CT, with a number of distinct allusions to Chaucer's work, including a "General Prologue" that opens with references to April rains and several tales attributed to…

Bloom, Harold.   Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2005.
Appreciative commentary on nineteen major works of literature, from Genesis to T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land." The section on Chaucer (pp. 69-83) focuses on critical attitudes toward his comedy, irony, and rhetoric, and assesses the "implied…

Brandom, Lisa, ed.   Siloam Springs, Ark.: Moon Lake Publishing, 2005.
Presents the personal and pedagogical diary of Dr. John Panage, including his teaching career at John Brown University. The CD records a class session of October 9, 1972, conducted by Panage, that pertains to Chaucer's GP, including the teacher's and…

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.…

[San Bruno, Calif.], 2005. Updated recurrently.
Website of eclectic user-generated audio-visual materials, with internal search engine. A search for "Chaucer" produces thousands of results, including links to lectures on the poet's life, language, works, and historical contexts, as well as student…
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