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Bradbury addresses Chaucer's uses of proverbs as a "crucial" form of "quoting behavior"--a form of "soft source" important to Chaucer's art and its reception in manuscripts and early editions. Draws examples from KnT and refers to uses of proverbs in…

Studies the ways that chess represents types of political and social order, examining the "Liber de Moribus Hominum et Officiis Nobilium" of Jacobus de Cessolis, "Les echecs amoureux," BD, the "Tale of Beryn," Hoccleve's "Regement of Princes," and…

Barnes contrasts the absence of the city of London in medieval fiction (CkT, CYT, and Athelston) with fictionalized descriptions of medieval London in murder mysteries written in the 1980s and 1990s by P.C. Doherty and Kate Sedley.

Blamires elucidates ways in which CT and, to a lesser extent, TC engage moral and ethical discourse and shows this discourse at times to be gendered. Grounded in a range of Christian and classical sources, especially Stoic texts, Chaucer's "spectrum…

Butterfield situates the study of Chaucer and London within a framework of theoretical approaches to the construction of urban space.

Twelve essays by various authors under the rubrics "Locations," "Communities," "Institutions," and "Afterlife." The introduction argues that any consideration of city life is an act of recovering the past. Chaucer allows the audience to hear and see…

Cawsey examines the impact of assumptions about audience in the criticism of six twentieth-century Chaucer scholars (Kittredge, Lewis, Donaldson, Robertson, Dinshaw, and Patterson). These assumptions include whether the audience is diachronic or…

Eleven essays by various authors, an introduction by the editor, and an index. Topics include the theory of courtly love, love and social class, romance depictions of love, and readings of individual works. For seven essays that pertain to Chaucer,…

Before TC and KnT, most romances in England were Anglo-Norman and largely uninfluenced by the conventions of courtly love and the Petrarchan tradition. The reputation of Chaucer's works overshadows that of these other works and their more practical…

Traces conceptualizations of Europe available to fourteenth-century English chroniclers and then explores the use of these by the chroniclers, especially Robert Mannyng and John Trevisa. TC and LGW reflect a tradition that sees Europe as a territory…

Reads Chaucer's London in relationship to three topics: social space, Plato's order of the city, and the political tie between sovereign and subjects.

Seventeen essays by various authors on topics such as Robin Hood, Chaucer, medieval romance, medievalism, cultural studies, and modern crime fiction. Includes an introduction (pp. 1-6) and a bibliography of Knight's publications (pp. 269-77). For six…

Explores relationships between heralds and poets as reflected in works by Chaucer (including HF and KnT), Malory, Skelton, and Spenser. These works "reveal complex concerns about literary and political authority, the public status of the poet, and…

Farber examines the "idea of trade . . . in medieval writing from the middle of the twelfth to the early fifteenth century," examining theoretical treatises and literary depictions of trade and its relations to valuation, marital exchanges, and…

Processions and spectacles were attempts to contain rivalries between and within the official and unofficial hierarchies of late medieval London (city and crown, wards, crafts, and trades). Recurrently depicting a stable city, Chaucer also depicts…

A search of contemporary Chaucerian criticism for signs of whether D. W. Robertson's "exegetical criticism" continues to generate important work yields the conclusion "no, yes, and perhaps": "no," in the wake of the ascendance of historicist…

Applies postcolonial theory to explore how Chaucer represents non-European women as Other in both gender and culture and how Chaucer reflects his own position as a poet and his career in historical context. Treats KnT, MLT, SqT, MkT, HF, and LGW.

Explores why Chaucer was more marketable than either Gower or Lydgate in sixteenth-century England: Chaucer's variety, flexibility, and malleability made him more adaptable to various publics and therefore more attractive to early printers than other…

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…

Twenty-four essays by various authors, presented as a festschrift for Klaus Dietz. Includes a wide variety of topics within German and English linguistics and medieval studies. For two essays that pertain to Chaucer; search for Language and Text…

Studies the cultural, literary, and codicological contexts for English late medieval works of revealed writing - apocalyptic, visionary, mystical, prophetic, etc. - considering the reception of Continental works in England and works composed in…

Knapp surveys trends in academic critical approaches to Chaucer, focusing on interactions and tensions between philological study and interpretive criticism. Summarizes Chaucer's place in the rise of university curricula and explores landmark New…

Kruger summarizes medieval dream theory and argues that Chaucer exploits "the complexities, ambiguities, and uncertainties of dreams, their causes, and their interpretation." Dreams pose interpretive problems in NPT and TC. As dream visions, BD, HF,…

Discusses John Gower's "Vox Clamantis," with passing mention of Chaucer.

Lenz considers the collision/juxtaposition of dreams and medical knowledge in BD, HF, PF, TC and NPT. Argues that this confluence offers a previously neglected dimension of Chaucer's work.