Andretta, Helen R[uth].
Pro Ecclesia 37.1 (2006): 12-13; 37.2 (2006): 13-14.
Personal account of observing similarities in the works of Chaucer and O'Connor, particularly their shared Thomistic philosophy. Includes comments on Chaucer's Truth as it relates to O'Connor's notion of humanity's "true country."
Marzec, Marcia Smith.
Proceedings of the ... International Patristic, Mediaeval and Renaissance Conference 12-13 (1987-88): 197-208.
Critically regarded as a failure, MLT may be seen in better light if we look at its overriding theme: the efficacy of God's will at work in the world. But while the tale succeeds in explicating that theme, it fails in its portrayal of Constance,…
Pearsall, Derek.
Proceedings of the British Academy 101: 77-99, 2000.
Although Chaucer's writings reflect the disposition of his time to exclude, in one way or another, those who are strangers in various communities, the poet is uninterested in England as a nation. Nonetheless, in the nineteenth century Chaucer came to…
Minnis, A. J.
Proceedings of the British Academy 72 (1986): 205-46.
Discusses whether Chaucer is a medieval or a Renaissance poet, examining Chaucer's attitudes toward his world and the process by which Chaucer was inspired.
Mann, Jill.
Proceedings of the British Academy 76 (1990): 203-23.
Anger and glossing--linked by their common "refusal to accommodate the self either to events in the world outside, or to the autonomous meaning of the text"--are evident in SumT and throughout CT. The Marriage Group centers around patience, the…
Gray, Douglas.
Proceedings of the British Academy 87 (1995): 67-99.
Surveys the art and rhetoric of scenes of sorrow or pity in Chaucer, Gower, Langland, Henryson, Malory, and others, arguing that Chaucer is "undoubtedly the master of the various modes of pathetic writing" in the period. Comments on scenes in KnT,…
Andrejević, Ana M.
Proceedings of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Pristina 42.1 (2012): 405-15.
Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta, Univerzitet u Prištini 42.1 (2012): 405-15.
Indicates Chaucer's mixture of genres in CT, and assesses the "inversion of normative genres and usage of multigeneric construction" in NPT to convey significant themes and in ManT to pose a disturbing "pseudo-moral." Includes an abstract in Serbian.
Chiappelli, Carolyn.
Proceedings of the International Patristic, Mediaeval, & Renaissance Conference 4 (1979): 1107-14.
The motif of "fals apparences" is a unifying factor of HF. The eagle as sophist or false philosopher, in seizing the narrator as prey, is reminiscent of Satan as fowler, or Dante's Gerione, emblem of fraud.
Gerke, Robert S.
Proceedings of the International Patristic, Mediaeval, & Renaissance Conference 5 (1980): 119-35.
The Clerk and his tale serve as a corrective to the Wife of Bath's philosophy by "exploiting a fictional and moral failure of nerve on the Wife's part," since it is not realism but weakness that motivates the Wife.
Cawley, A. C.
Proceedings of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society (Literary and Historical Section) 8 (1956-1957): 173-80.
Assesses "unsavory" details of the GP description of the Summoner, the "bad feeling" between the Friar and the Summoner (WBP 3.829ff. and FrP 1265ff.), and concerns that link the GP Summoner and the summoner of FrT, clarifying the Friar's "attack" on…
Dent, A. A.
Proceedings of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society 9 (1959): 1-12.
Investigates the "equestrian vocabulary" used by Chaucer, with particular attention to GP, but including his other references to horses, their tackle, colors, names, conditions, movements, etc., clarifying the denotations of the terminology. Includes…
Hill, Betty.
Proceedings of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society Literary and Historical Section 14 (1971): 207-20.
Reads six stanzas from TC (3.85-126), closely analyzing rhymes and rhythm, alliteration, diction and phrases, repetitions and echoes of other works to exemplify the "pliable pleasure" afforded by Chaucer's style and his engagement with oral and…
Hatton, Thomas J.
Proceedings of the Medieval Association of the Midwest 02 (1993): 81-89.
Both the Miller and characters in his "Tale" exhibit "curiositas," defined by medieval Church fathers as the exercise of curiosity in pursuit of idle knowledge, i.e., knowledge not directly leading to salvation.
Homan, Delmar C.
Proceedings of the Medieval Association of the Midwest 1 (1991): 82-96.
Physically, and by his associations with hares and the Summoner, the Pardoner is a grotesque, analogous to a major feature of the English Decorated Style in the visual arts. Also, the Pardoner is homosexual.
Graybill, Robert (V.)
Proceedings of the Medieval Association of the Midwest 2 (1993): 90-98.
TC exemplifies the Aristotelian idea of tragedy, with Troilus undergoing the "perepetia" ("reversal") and the ending of the tale presenting a Christianized version of catharsis.
Murphy, Francis X.
Proceedings of the PMR Conference 1 (1976): 53-57.
Comments generally on Chaucer's knowledge of Patristic writings by way of handbooks and florilegia, and characterizes Chaucer's outlook as distinctly Augustinian and Boethian, especially his sense of order and beauty and his pervasive "Christian…
Mitchell, Susan.
Proceedings of the PMR Conference 1 (1976): 67-72.
Contrasts Dorigen of FranT with the biblical Eve: where Eve falls because of her desire for knowledge, Dorigen nearly falls for lack of knowledge, particularly her lack of self-knowledge as is evident in her complaint against the rocks and her…
Wurtele, Douglas J.
Proceedings of the Third Annual Symposium of Ottawa-Carleton Medieval-Renaissance Club 1 (1976): 56-74.
The "sponsa" of the "Song of Songs" is traditionally interpreted as Mary, and thus through January's aubade (4.2138-48) May becomes an ironic echo of the Virgin. The deep ironies of this association reflect the more straightforward presentations of…
Ovitt, George,Jr.
Proceedings: 28th International Technical Communication Conference, May 20-23, 1981, Pittsburgh, Pa. ((N.p.): Society for Technical Communication, 1981), pp. E78-E81.
The problems Chaucer faced in describing the construction and use of the astrolabe were similar to today's problems in technical communication.
Pasolini, Pier Paolo, dir.
Produzioni Europee Associati; Les Productions Artistes Associés, 1972.
Selections from CT adapted for film, including portions or versions of GP, MerT, CkT, MilT, WBP, RvT, PardT, SumPT, and additional ribald material. Screenplay by Pasolini. Available with sub-titles and/or dubbing in various languages, including…
Curran, S. Terrie.
Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland, 2002.
A linguistic history of Old and Middle English that uses several Chaucerian examples to explain changes in morphology and phonology. Chapter 12 discusses Chaucer's contributions to English, to poetry, and to prosody. The apparatus indexes the…
Dialectical and textual evidence suggests that the simile in RvT 1.3964 means "'she is as worthy as ditch-water is stinking' that is to say 'very worthy,' with no pejorative implication."
