Schaefer, Willene.
Dissertation Abstracts International 27.11 (1967): 3850-51A.
Investigates Chaucer's concept of "gentilesse" in light of his sources in Boethius, Dante, and Jean de Meun, and compares his notion with those found in the poetry of his contemporaries. Treats "gentilesse" as a secular virtue, although similar to…
Thomas, Frederick Bryce.
Dissertation Abstracts International 28.03 (1967): 1088A.
Evaluates the quality of Thomas Tyrwhitt as a scholar, examining his life, his early works, his edition of CT, and the ongoing reception of this edition. Concludes that Tyrwhitt was "one of the finest examples of the eighteenth-century…
Van, Thomas Anthony
Dissertation Abstracts International 28.02 (1967): 697A.
Summarizes portions of Boccaccio's "Teseida" and assesses parallel portions of KnT in light of these summaries, emphasizing Chaucer's "reworking" of his source in characterizing Palamon, Arcite, and Theseus through "symbolic imagery."
Wolff, Edward J.
Dissertation Abstracts International 27.09 (1967): 3022-23A.
Tabulates and analyzes Chaucer's "normalized diction," i.e., a "diction that is very repetitive and free from syntactic eccentricity, a diction that utilizes the same words to express the same ideas in different contexts." Compares and contrasts…
O'Neal, Cothburn M.
Martin Shockley, ed. Proceedings of [the] Conference of College Teachers of English of Texas, no. 32 (Lubbock: Texas Technical College, 1967), pp. 18-23.
Considers the dates of BD and Jean Froissart's "Dit dou Bleu Chevalier" and explores their similarities, arguing that Froissart's poem inspired the central idea ("l'idée centrale") and many other features of Chaucer's poem--aspects of…
Item not seen. The WorldCat records indicate that this is a score for three pieces of choral music: the roundel from the conclusion of PF (here titled "Now Welcome"), along with "Sweet Rose of Virtue" by William Dunbar and "Pleasure It Is." by…
Bowden, Muriel.
New York: Macmillan; London: Collier-Macmillan, 1967.
Reprints the original version of 1948, with a very brief second preface (half page) and appended additional material and bibliography (pp. 317-28). Throughout the reprinted text, the additional material is signaled by means of daggers included in the…
Queen, Ellery, ed.
[New York]: New American Library, 1967.
Anthologizes twenty-three short prose narratives by English and American writers, with a brief, appreciative literary biography for each, and an introductory essay on the nature of anthologies. Includes an excerpt from PardT (pp. 3-8) in Percy…
Owen, Trevor Allen.
Dissertation Abstracts International 27.11 (1967): 3847A.
Surveys medieval and Renaissance accounts and allusions to Julius Caesar as background to analysis of Shakespeare's depiction of him in "Julius Caesar," including commentary on Chaucer's several references to Caesar and analysis of the Caesar section…
Bessinger, J. B., Jr., reader.
New York: Caedmon, 1967. (TC 1223)
A reading in Middle English of MilPT and RvPT, accompanied by a companion booklet that comprises the text, notes, and glosses based on E. T. Donaldson's "Chaucer's Poetry" (1958).
Bessinger, J. B., Jr., reader
New York: Caedmon, 1967. (TC 1226)
A reading in Middle English of PF, MerB, Ros, Sted, Purse, Adam, and Scogan, accompanied by a companion booklet that comprises the text, notes, and glosses based on E. T Donaldson's "Chaucer's Poetry" (1958).
Dunleavy, Gareth W.
Papers on Language and Literature 3, supplement (1967): 14-27.
Explores the pervasiveness of the influence of Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy" on Chaucer's works, noting its role as the source of Bo, summarizing its well-recognized impact on Chaucer's "discourses on providence, 'gentilesse,' and truth" in…
Fifield, Merle.
Papers on Language and Literature 3, supplement (1967): 63-70.
Argues that the imagery of court revels influenced Chaucer's works: "revels imagery ornaments" MerT, "structures the opening" of SqT, and "motivates choices" in FranT.
Gardner, John.
Papers on Language and Literature 3, supplement (1967): 80-106.
Justifies following the Ellesmere order of the CT on thematic grounds, arguing that the arrangement is "probably Chaucer's," taking note of probable stages in Chaucer's process of composition, and observing a "general coherence" of concerns with…
Harrington, David V.
Papers on Language and Literature 3, supplement (1967): 71-79.
Explores rhetorical devices in KnT, and suggests that "analysis of its rhetoric" reveals that the poem is "organized" as a "demande d'amour," identifying how Chaucer adjusted the rhetoric of his source, Boccaccio's "Teseida."
Hatton, Thomas J.
Papers on Language and Literature 3, supplement (1967): 31-39.
Argues that Chauntecleer's character in NPT "reflects not only the victims in the Monk's tragedies but the Monk himself," focusing on "echoes and parallels" between NPT and MkT, their concern with fortune, and the Nun's Priest's warning to the Monk.
Kelly, Edward Hanford.
Papers on Language and Literature 03, supplement (1967): 28-30.
Assesses the Helen-Deiphebus sub-plot in TC for the ways that it reinforces the poem's theme of inconstancy and anticipates Criseyde's relationship with Diomedes.
Knapp, Daniel, and Niel K. Snortum.
Champaign, Ill.: National Council of the Teachers of English, 1967. (5778-5782)
Introduces Chaucer's language and its place in English language history, describing his vocabulary (including a list of misleading cognates and obsolete or difficult forms), morphology, grammar, and phonology--all exemplified in the booklet and in…
