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Travis, Peter W.   Paul Strohm and Thomas J. Heffernan, eds. Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Proceedings, No. 1, 1984 (Knoxville, Tenn.: New Chaucer Society, 1985), pp. 81-91.
The elements of NPT--"beast fable, debate, Catonian assertion,Latin translation"--would have evoked in the audience schoolboy memories of Aesop, Cato, and learning exercises.

Millett, Bella.   Paul Strohm and Thomas J. Heffernan, eds. Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Proceedings, No. 1, 1984 (Knoxville, Tenn.: New Chaucer Society, 1985), pp. 93-103.
Invoking recent attempts by Minnis and by Allen to establish a medieval literary theory by which to measure Chaucer, Millett analyzes Chaucer's use in TC of the "auctor," "Lollius," a "transparent literary artifice." Through his "parody of the…

Cannon, Christopher.   Paul Strohm, ed. Middle English (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 177-90.
Cannon summarizes medieval theories of literary form, including that of Geoffrey of Vinsauf, as adapted by Chaucer in TC. Applies the theories to various works in Middle English.

Nolan, Maura.   Paul Strohm, ed. Middle English (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 207-21.
Nolan argues that the description of Alison in MilT is Chaucer's means to "stage an investigation or exploration of the relationship of beauty to individual perspectives . . . and the idea of a universal aesthetic." The passage also confronts the…

Zeeman, Nicolette.   Paul Strohm, ed. Middle English (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 222-40.
Zeeman treats the "chanson d'aventure" as an imaginative (rather than expository) articulation of literary theory, focusing on use of the device in BD, LGWP, the opening of Piers Plowman, and other works.

Turner, Marion.   Paul Strohm, ed. Middle English (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 258-73.
Turner asks whether "literary practice and socio-political conflict" were "mutually dependent" in Ricardian England, arguing that writers and scribes--including Chaucer and Adam Pinkhurst--worked for "politically active and volatile guilds" and…

Brantley, Jessica.   Paul Strohm, ed. Middle English (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 315-34.
Brantley describes "texts that record acts of looking" as a "distinct medieval literary genre and a distinctly medieval way of knowing," addressing dream visions (including BD, PF, HF, and LGWP), mystical visions, and the parody of a visionary…

Warren, Nancy Bradley.   Paul Strohm, ed. Middle English (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 369-85.
The "transubstantiation" of the word being made flesh underlies the autobiographical impulse in Julian of Norwich's "Showings," Langland's "Piers Plowman," and Chaucer's HF. Warren also comments on Chaucer's Ret as autobiography.

Robertson, Kellie.   Paul Strohm, ed. Middle English (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 441-58.
Robertson explores effects of the English labor laws of 1349 on attitudes toward writing, surveying reactions by various writers and using Chaucer's GP "as a lens through which to view the critical stakes in thinking about" work--particularly the…

Phillips, Susan E.   Paul Strohm, ed. Middle English (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 476-90.
Gossip transgresses the servant-master relationship in CYP, and CYT indicates that gossip underpins the discourse of official culture as well. Gossip is also fundamental to the exemplarity of Robert Mannyng's Handlyng Synne.

Warren, Michelle R.   Paul Strohm, ed. Middle English (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 51-67.
Warren challenges the notion that translations are worth less than their "originals," arguing that each work is a particular cultural manifestation. She treats Chaucer as the "text-book case of an 'author-translator'" (in contrast with Henry…

Coleman, Joyce.   Paul Strohm, ed. Middle English (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 68-85.
Coleman clarifies differences between "aurality" and "orality," assessing references to reading aloud and speaking aloud in Middle English texts, especially Chaucer's works, and citing depictions of such practice in manuscript illustrations,…

Gillespie, Alexandra.   Paul Strohm, ed. Middle English (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 86-103.
Focusing on perspectives evident in Chaucer's Adam (and the career of Adam Pinkhurst) and "Mum and the Sothsegger," Gillespie explores the importance of "the book" as a technology that spans the oral-print divide.

Strohm, Paul.   Paul Strohm, with an Appendix by A. J. Prescott. Hochon's Arrow: The Social Imagination of Fourteenth-Century Texts (Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1992), pp. 121-44.
The statutory redefinition of treason in 1352 and a case of domestic treason in 1387 (Elizabeth Wauton) suggest that Chaucer conceived the Wife of Bath to be a household traitor, one whose insurrections against her husbands are analogous to broader…

Strohm, Paul.   Paul Strohm, with an Appendix by A. J. Prescott. Hochon's Arrow: The Social Imagination of Fourteenth-Century Texts (Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1992), pp. 95-119.
Assesses the intercessory roles of Phillippa and Anne in pleading, respectively, for the burghers of Calais and the citizens of London. Analyzes the ideology of intercessory discourse in Chaucer's pleading queens, especially Alceste in LGWP, who…

Strohm, Paul.   Paul Strohm, with an appendix by A.J. Prescott. Hochon's Arrow: The Social Imagination of Fourteenth-Century Texts (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992), pp. 75-94. Also in Barbara Hanawalt, ed. Chaucer's England: Literature in Historical Context (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1992), p. 21-40.
Discusses the tenuous nature of Henry's early success in usurping Richard's crown and his program of enlisting writers in support of his cause. The last stanza of Purse reflects the political assumptions that underpinned Henry's claims to the…

Redford, Michael.   Paula Fikkert and Haike Jacobs, eds. Development in Prosodic Systems (Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2003), pp. 159-95.
Redford analyzes Chaucerian evidence pertaining to Middle English words that "appear to have initial stress" in certain contexts and "final stress in others." Examines several prominent theories and explanations, arguing that meter can be useful in…

Zonneveld, Wim.   Paula Fikkert and Haike Jacobs, eds. Development in Prosodic Systems. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2003, pp. 197-247.
Zonneveld examines factors associated with iambic stress in the octosyllabic Dutch poem "Het Leven van St. Lutgart" [Life of St. Lutgart], comparing them with conditions in early English. Considers the "uncertain status of schwa syllables" in…

Krieger, Elliot.   Paunch 40-41 (1975): 116-35.
Chaucer used allegory to create a teleological statement of ideal behavior as an apologia for the most repressive aspects of ruling-class dominance and male chauvinism of the world in which he lived, and which he depicted on the literal level of ClT.

Capra, Sisto.   Pavia: G. Iuculano, 2007.
Item not seen; reported in WorldCat, which describes the volume as a historical novel about Chaucer.

Watt, David.   Pedagogy 13.2 (2013): 337-55.
Offers a pedagogical plan for a lesson in the close reading of several late medieval English lyrics, including comparisons of poems by Thomas Hoccleve with Purse and Chaucer's roundel at the end of PF. Explores issues of "accessibility" to students,…

Pugh, Tison.   Pedagogy 8 (2008): 348-61.
Pugh discusses the value of "vectored" writing assignments for undergraduate analyses of "multigeneric" texts, focusing on TC. "Vectored analysis"--defined here as the "examination of a text from at least two converging yet separate…

Bate, Jonathan, and Susan Brock.   Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture 7 (2007): 341-58.
Overview of workshops conducted under the auspices of CAPITAL (Creativity and Performance in Teaching and Learning), a combined effort of the University of Warwick and the Royal Shakespeare Company. The authors also comment on a "study day"…

Feinstein, Sandy
Wang, Bryan Shawn.   Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture 23 (2023): 349-61.
Reflects on the teaching of a two-instructor, interdisciplinary course in literature and molecular biology designed for undergraduate general education, emphasizing changes brought about by COVID-19 in the course's design, assignments, and subtending…

Gutiérrez Arranz, José María.   Pedro P. Conde Parrado and Isabel Velázquez, eds. La filología latina: Mil años más. Actas del IV Congreso de la Sociedad de Estudios Latinos, Medina del Campo, May 22-24, 2003 (Madrid: Sociedad de Estudios Latinos, 2009), pp. 1579-1601.
Surveys Ovid's influence on medieval literature and assesses Chaucer's use of Ovidian myths.
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