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Robinson, F. W., ed.   London: James Brodie, [1953].
Item not seen. WorldCat records also include a revised version published in 1979 by Pan Books.

Magoun, Francis, P., Jr.   Mediaeval Studies 15 (1953): 107-36.
Alphabetical gazetteer of "geographical and ethnic names of the ancient and biblical world as reflected in the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer," along with "names pertaining to . . . the geography of Greek mythology" and the "names of languages" found…

[Los Angeles]: Department of Cinema, University of Southern California, 1954
Item not seen. Summary from WorldCat record: "Presents photographs of the original Ellesmere manuscript, contemporary figurines, and minature [sic] replica backgrounds accompanied by music in the idiom of the fourteenth century, and excerpts from the…

Schlauch, Margaret   Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny 1, nos. 3-4 (1954): 3-19.
In Polish. Title translated into English: "Troilus and Cressida by Shakespeare and Chaucer--Metaphorical Language in the Light of Social Change." Shows how socio-economic differences are reflected in Chaucer's and Shakespeare's imgaery and diction.

Setsoafia, Bidi, trans.   London: Longmans, Green; Accra: Scottish Mission Book Depot, 1954.
Item not seen. WorldCat record indicates this is a translation of ClT into Ewe.

Nunes, Cassiano.   Anhembi 16, nos. 47 and 48 (1954): 291-302 and 487-99.
An essay in two parts on Chaucer's "modernity," that is, on his development of a self-conscious vision of poetry. The first part surveys praise by critics and poets of Chaucer's vison and poetic career; the second, aspects of his works--humor, drama,…

Magoun, Francis, P., Jr.   Mediaeval Studies 16 (1954): 131-51.
Alphabetical gazetteer of "names in Great Britain. mainly England" found in Chaucer's works. Entries include modern equivalents, Chaucerian forms, and explanations of references and allusions in his works to sites and locales.

Magoun, Francis, P., Jr.   Mediaeval Studies 16 (1954): 152-56.
Additions, corrections, and refinements of previous study by Magoun: Chaucer's Ancient and Biblical World. Mediaeval Studies 15 (1953): 107-36.

Friend, Albert C.   Mediaeval Studies 16 (1954): 179-218.
Indexes the proverbs of Serlo of Wilton ("Prouerbia Magistri Serlonis") in Anglo-Norman, English, and Latin, evidently collected for pedagogical use, ca. 1150-1170. Includes 108 proverbs attributed to Serlo, with an additional five unattributed in…

Barnhart, Clarence L., ed., with the assistance of William D. Halsey.   New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1954.
Capacious encyclopedia of international names--people, places, books, fictional characters, etc., with various appendices. Includes an entry for Chaucer (1:917), who is also cited in more than 100 other entries. Entries are unsigned, but Robert R.…

Ford, Boris, ed.   Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1954.
Anatomizes Middle English poetry, with fourteen essays by various authors on various literary topics (one on architecture by Nikolaus Pevsner), selections from Middle English verse, brief lives of the writers, suggestions for further readings, and a…

Holbrook, David.   Boris Ford, ed. The Age of Chaucer. Volume I of a Guide to English Literature (Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin), pp. 118-28.
Appreciative interpretation of NPT, with attention to its stylistic dexterity, subtle ironies, and thematic range.

Speirs, John.   Boris Ford, ed. The Age of Chaucer. Volume I of a Guide to English Literature (Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin), pp. 17-67.
Offers advice to modern readers on how to read Chaucer--and what to read of his works--as preparation for appreciating Middle English verse more generally, emphasizing his "civilized delicacy" and his variety while surveying his works. Then surveys…

Williams, Philip.   Modern Language Notes 69 (1954): 76.
Identifies a previously unnoticed--and apparently spurious--attribution of a proverb to Chaucer in Edmund Southerne's "A Treatise Concerning the Right Use and Ordering of Bees" (1593).

Whiting, B. J.   Modern Language Notes 69 (1954) 309-10.
Offers an analogue to the Miller's breaking doors with his head (GP 1.551) in one of John Trevisa's additions to his 1387 translation of Ranulf Higden's "Polychronicon."

White, Beatrice.   Year's Work in English Studies 33 (1954): 49-66.
A discursive review of Chaucerian scholarship and research published in 1952.

Turner, W. Arthur.   Notes and Queries 199 (1954): 232.
Suggests that the physiological detail of her "kamuse nose" (RvT 1.3974) helps to characterize Malyne as "sexually attractive and promising."

Townsend, Francis G.   Modern Language Review 49 (1954): 1-4.
Compares and contrasts the rapist-knight of WBT with his analogous protagonist in John Gower's "Tale of Florent," arguing that Chaucer's knight "emerges as a very clear and a very strong character"--the "kind of young fellow who can commit rape and…

Swart, J.   Neophilologus 38 (1954): 127-36.
Admires the structural patterns of GP--seven groupings, significant juxtapositions, alterations of detail and generalization, etc.--suggesting that they produce "a poetic realization of plenitude and diversity," underpinned by a concern with "degree"…

Stillwell, Gardiner.   Journal of English and Germanic Philology 53 (1954): 546-61.
Compares and contrasts the relative courtliness of a range of Valentine's Day poems by Graunson, Gower, Lydgate, and Charles of Orleans to make clear that the First Eagle's address to the formel eagle in PF is comically inappropriate and pompous,…

Southworth, James Granville.   Oxford: Blackwell, 1954.
Challenges the theory that Chaucer wrote in iambic pentameter, assessing the evidence of Chaucer manuscripts, using them to argue that the prosody of Chaucer (and that of his fifteenth-century followers) depends upon length or duration rather than…

Sinclair, Giles.   College English 15 (1954): 272-77.
Attributes the need to use translations of Chaucer's works in college classrooms to students' lack of "linguistic awareness," and assesses the relative virtues of eight translations or modernizations of NPT, commenting on fidelity to meaning,…

Severs, J. Burke.   Modern Language Notes 69 (1954): 472-78.
Argues that the version of the Clerk's Envoy (4.1177-1212) found in the Ellesmere manuscript is the original version, modified by a scribe to compensate for an eye-skip error. Reassesses earlier arguments that the Ellesmere version is itself the…

Severs, J. Burke.   Speculum 29 (1954): 512-30.
Assesses manuscript variants and stemmata, relations with source material, and "scribal characteristics" of PhyT to explain that they indicate scribal rather than authorial alteration. Argues that similar evidence, plus comparison with alterations…

Seton, Anya.   Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954.
A romance novel of the life of Katherine Swynford, rich in psychological and historical detail. Includes a wide variety of historical characters, including Geoffrey Chaucer, Katherine's future brother-in-law, who she instinctively recognizes at their…
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