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Reads TC as a "proleptic palinode" that gives Chaucer "something to apologize for" before he writes LGW, modeling his poetic career on Ovid's. Argues that Pandarus "grounds his amatory practice" in Ovid's works, considers Criseyde's and Cassandra's…

Risden explores how several medieval narratives "subvert" readers' expectations and "hint at the loneliness of the moral act." Includes comments on WBP, as well as on "Beowulf," "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," "Piers Plowman," and other works.

Assesses the Prioress in light of "A Revelation of Purgatory by an Unknown, Fifteenth-Century Woman Visionary" (1422), arguing that the later work provides evidence that Chaucer's character would have been found "culpable" for her worldliness.

Compares Bo with the versions by "Alfred," Walton (1410), Colville (1556), "I. T." (1609), and Preston (1695), tracing the assimilation of sophisticated Latin terminology into English discourse.

Surveys electronic databases for the historical study of English; includes a one-page summary of Old and Middle English corpora, including those with Chaucer texts, accompanied by web addresses.

Rissanen analyzes the "grammaticalization" of several related conjunctions (because, in case, save, except) that suggest a complicated model of standardization. Popular texts such as Chaucer's CT may have had as much influence on standardization as…

For four essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Rethinking Middle English under Alternative Title.

Considers medieval family structures, attitudes toward sexuality, and marital practices to argue that the Wife of Bath "almost definitely had no children." Unlike Margery of Kempe, she may have been sterile.

Documents "legal aspects" of discovered treasure in late-medieval England, identifying similarities in lexicon and imagery between legal records concerning found hoards and the rioters' descriptions of their treasure in PardT. The similarities…

Historical detective novel in which Geoffrey Chaucer, while recruiting Welsh archers for defense against the French, assists Owen Archer's investigations of a murder in Wales.

Murder mystery involving a nun who apparently comes back to life; Chaucer figures as a secondary character. Translated into Italian as "La Reliquia Rubata: Thriller Medioevale" (Casale Monferrato: Piemme, 2001).

A detective mystery of murder in medieval Yorkshire, with the investigation led by Owen Archer, former Captain of the Guard, assisted by Geoffrey Chaucer, poet, who is on a covert mission for Prince Edward.

Murder mystery set against the backdrop of political uncertainty over the impending death of Archbishop Thoresby of York and investigated by Owen Archer, aided by his confidante Geoffrey Chaucer, recently appointed chamber squire to Edward III. Other…

Argues that Pandarus is "honorable and well-intentioned in each of his three roles" in TC: traditional friend to Troilus, courtly friend to Troilus, and protective and loving kinsman to Criseyde. Chaucer's efforts to "knit together" these sometimes…

CT may be viewed as a "textual pilgrimage," for comprehension of the "text" of Christ.

Ten essays by various authors, originally presented at the Chaucer Conference at the State University of New York in Albany, November, 1973. For ten essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Chaucer at Albany under Alternative Title.

In his apprentice years as a poet Chaucer must have spoken and written in French, the language of the court; hence he was commissioned to write BD on the reputation of this (now lost) French poetry. Possibly the memorial was written in English for a…

English fifteenth-century court verse, comprising formal lyrics and Chaucerian apocrypha, has been neglected because it is not major, not easily accessible, and lacks appropriate criticism. Bases for a critical rationale include awareness of its…

Chaucer's lyrics, usually written in imitation of the current French forms of ballades and rondels, were, in fact, his most influential legacy to the fifteenth-century Chaucerians. Chaucer may have written his early poetry (now lost or unattributed)…

Arguing that "Chaucer changed the direction of the Middle English lyric," Robbins comments on Chaucer's lyrics, on fifteenth-century lyrics, and on the influence of TC on the latter.

Surveys the density and intensity of French influence on the literature of medieval England, focusing on courtly romance and how its plots and "interest in love's finesse" affected the English tradition separately. Outlines some possible connections…

A bibliography of the resources that pertain to the study of Chaucerian apocrypha (background studies, manuscripts and editions, and critical essays), arranged by the titles of the works.

Comments on the conventional nature of the imagery and diction of Ros and argues that the poem was composed to "compliment" and "delight" the child-bride of Richard II, Princess Isabelle of Valois, on the occasion of "her entry into London in 1396."

Explains that Pertelote's reference to "lawriol" (7.2963) should be glossed as a vomit-inducer rather than a bowel laxative.

Identifies and transcribes an extended praise of Chaucer as a "pierles poet" (cast as a description of his burial site) found in Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce MS 290 (90 (Bodl. SC 21864).