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Argues that the condensing and synthesizing of sources in MkT mirrors the way in which clerical commentary changed in the fourteenth century to accommodate new readers uneducated in monastic tradition.

Observes that St. Matthew's account of the Canaanite's interaction with Christ is far more descriptively verbose than the version recorded by St. Mark, and argues that in SNP Chaucer very purposefully chose Matthew's version in order to augment his…

Examines concern with slander and defamation during Richard II's reign as context for a reading of ManT, contending that ManT reveals Chaucer's skepticism towards the power of language as a method of political control.

The Parson is exceptional among the Canterbury Pilgrims for his corporeal invisibility; his GP portrait gives no corporeal details and ParsPT efface his body, along with fiction, verse, and the colors of rhetoric. Moreover, ParsT displays hostility…

Echoes of Peraldus's notion of sin as "amor inordinatus" in the section of ParsT on contrition and confession, thought to have been adapted primarily from Pennaforte, suggest that the former's "Summa de vitiis" "exerts a more significant influence on…

Referencing SqT and MLT, maintains that Astr was literally meant for a juvenile audience, adducing its concise language, repetition, exhaustive definitions, and liberal use of adjectival possessives as pedagogical tools fit for young readers. Posits…

Examines a diverse range of authors from the fourteenth to the early eighteenth centuries for their political, philosophical, and scientific perspectives in order to map a movement away from a trust in collective experience and toward a focus on the…

Focuses on themes of gender, sexuality, and melancholy, through analysis of "productive potential" of idleness in BD.

Explains how the "vernacular rising" expanded Chaucer's and Gower's readership to include "lesser merchants and prosperous artisans" (Introduction and Chapter 1). Chapters 4 and 5 emphasize LGW. In contrasting Gower and Chaucer, argues that in LGW,…

Explores the influence of Italian and French vernacular versions of Ovid's "Heroides" on the legends of LGW, where Chaucer engages and undermines the historical emphasis of these vernacular versions and reasserts the literary, rhetorical authority of…

Analyzes LGW as "a narrative treatise on the 'affect of invention,'" linking the processes of emergence that precede the mind's conscious recognition of emotion with the inventional processes which culminate in poetic art. LGWP introduces a method…

Looks at Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida" in the context of its medieval legacy, including works by Chaucer, Lydgate, and Henryson, to argue that Shakespeare "continues an important late medieval poetic tradition, which highlights the problematic…

Treats TC and Thomas Walsingham's "Ditis ditatus" as the two major Troy narratives of late fourteenth-century England, considering the influences of Dictys and Dares (along with Boccaccio) on the two works, and focusing on their depictions of various…

Though medieval orthodoxy insisted on the reality of free will, TC presents three characters subject to fortune at every turn, perhaps because they are pre-Christian pagans. Troilus is a victim of fortune from the moment he sees Criseyde. Pandarus…

Contends that metaphors of hunting in TC and the alliterative "Morte Arthure" are intended for a noble audience, and in turn, they shape that audience's attention to ideas of love and chivalry.

Argues that "Inferno" V does not justify dismissing Francesca's love for Paolo as "lust," given the continuity between the "disiato riso" that leads them to kiss and the "santo riso" of Beatrice that draws Dante upward to Paradise. Echoing Dante and…

Reflects on secrecy and fear in confessional moments in several works, including TC.

Proposes a theoretical framework, a "double prism structure," to examine ambiguity attributable to textual, interpersonal, and linguistic "domains" in TC.

Discusses how origins of the meaning of TC are "decentred" on different levels. Argues that complicated use of external sources obfuscates the meaning of the text and that the subject-positions of Pandarus and the narrator create a "disruption" in…

Collection of essays that discuss emerging challenges for scholars and editors in textual studies. For essays pertaining to Chaucer, search for Probable Truth under Alternative Title.

Considers that editing the "multilayered text" of CT requires a combination of different methodologies, including codicology, textual evidence, and computer-based evidence, in order to restructure and represent Chaucer's true authorial intentions.

Looks at distinction between "scribal variation" and "authorial revision" in medieval texts. Includes specific discussion of CT and TC.

Discusses the importance of "corrections" in Middle English manuscripts. In particular, addresses scribal errors and corrections in the Ellesmere and Hengwrt manuscripts.

Provides comprehensive study of reception and translation of Chaucer's works in Denmark from the late eighteenth century to 2012. Study reveals cultural changes and links between Denmark and England, and provides analysis of current Chaucerian…

Essays honoring the extensive career, range, and importance of Derek Brewer's influence on medieval English scholarship. For essays pertaining to Chaucer, search for Traditions and Innovations in the Study of Middle English Literature under…