Argues that medieval lists or catalogues point both to the necessary and to the excessive, and in doing so emphasize differing views of appropriate ownership and use of material goods. Includes brief mention of lists in HF and Form Age.
Argues that "Middle English 'defaute,' signifying both lack and loss, characterizes the work of mourning" in BD, considering the "interplays between the poem's articulations of toponyms and its figurations of 'White' as simultaneously a deceased body…
Fowler, Rebekah M.
Dissertation Abstracts International A72.09 (2012): n.p.
Studies "male bereavement in medieval literature," particularly "the authenticity and affective nature of grief among aristocratic males" in Chretién's "Yvain," "Trewe Man," "Sir Orfeo," "Pearl," and BD. In the latter, Chaucer expresses "not…
An, Li.
Forum for World Literature Studies 5.3 (2013): 503-11.
Assesses the combination of Christian marital ideals and secular courtly love in BD, arguing that the two are compatible in the poem. In Chinese, with English summary.
Nielsen, Melinda E.
Chaucer Review 51.2 (2016): 209-26.
Considers how the interrelated texts and glosses in CUL, MS Ii.III.21 depict in nuanced ways the gender of Lady Philosophy, focusing on Chaucer's emphasis in Bo of her "norisschyng" of Boethius as teacher, physician, and wet-nurse. While translating…
Stadolnik, Joseph.
Medium Aevum 85.2 (2016): 314-18.
Maintains that the quoted maxim on friendship in Astr is misattributed to classical sources and actually comes from a twelfth-century medical treatise, "Practica brevis," attributed to Johannes Platearius. While Chaucer may have seen the line in…
Dor, Juliette.
Pieter De Leemans and Clément Goyens, eds. Translation and Authority--Authorities in Translation (Turnhout: Brepols, 2016), pp. 143-53.
The Medieval Traslator/ Traduire au Moyen Age 16 (2017): 143-54.
Describes John of Trevisa's ideas about translating scientific and religious texts from Latin into English, commenting on similarities among these ideas, Wycliffite theory of translation, and Chaucer's approach in Astr.
Linden, Stanton J.
Wayne H. Finke and Barry J. Luby, eds. A Confluence of Words: Studies in Honor of Robert Lima (Newark, Del.: Juan de la Cuesta, 2011), pp. 227-62.
Traces the influence of CYPT on the "writings of late medieval alchemical works," focusing on George Ripley's "Compound of Alchemy" and discussing a variety of motifs, from alchemists' attire and associations, to the jargon and dangers of alchemy,…
Argues that the category of "allegorical animal poems" disguises the fact that such poems "simultaneously hide and reveal the contested nature of the boundary between humans and animals." Comments on fable tradition, the nature of allegory, and…
López Santos, Antonio.
Viorica Patea, ed. Short Story Theories: A Twenty-First Century Perspective. DQR Studies in English, no. 49 (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2012), pp. 25-48.
Argues that Chaucer's innovations in CT "announce the ulterior evolution of the modern short story," focusing on NPT and WBPT as "unequivocal precursors" to the modern genre in their techniques of representing time, space, characters, and narrators,…
Heffernan, Carol F.
Leeds Studies in English 42 (2011): 43-52.
Reconsiders questions of the number of Canterbury pilgrims, focusing on GP, 1.164 and the ecclesiastical pilgrims. Suggests that the Nun's Priest and the Clerk may be identical or, at least, kindred spirits, and considers what NPT and ClT may reveal…
Argues that MkT models "rumination," a reading method used by monks. Includes close reading of the form and content of specific lines. Also claims ABC as a model for monastic reading techniques because it is fragmented, repetitive, monologic, and…
Griffith, John Lance.
Medieval and Early Modern English Studies 24 (2016): 75-95.
Examines Chaucer's concepts of wild and wilderness in MkT and argues that the Monk's inclusion of Cenobia is in response to the Host's comments about his own wife. This exchange is a mediation on "reccheless-ness," a wildness of character that can…
Jackson, Kate.
Leeds Studies in English 43 (2012): 93-115.
Discusses the "framing elements" of Mel, its glosses in the Hengwrt and Ellesmere manuscripts (comparing them with those in ParsT), and the codicological contexts of the five fifteenth-century manuscripts of the Tale that exist "outside the story…
Snyder, Matthew J.
Christine Devine and Marie Hendry, eds. Turning Points and Transformations: Essays on Language, Literature and Culture (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2011), pp. 3-15.
Contrasts the ending of PrT with Latin analogues to argue that the Tale is less concerned with miracles than with martyrdom--Jewish martyrdom as well as Christian--whereby Chaucer suggests the need for mourning human death.
Reads PrT and its concern with usury in light of medieval architectural construction and its dependence upon financing through lending, arguing that although the Tale demonizes Jewish lenders and exalts Christians through associations with,…
Heng, Geraldine.
Modern Language Notes 127, supplement (2012): S54-85.
Compares several late-medieval boy-murder narratives to assess attitudes toward Jews before and after their 1290 expulsion from England. Chaucer's PrT is the "finest aesthetic treatment" of the story in the Middle Ages and, in comparison with other…
Fenn, Jessica.
Studies in Philology 110.3 (2013): 432-58.
Considers "shared speech" to be a theme and a device in PrPT, focusing on apostrophe, prayer, Christian devotion, and anti-Semitic sentiment as means to and expressions of rhetorical community. Describes the place of apostrophe in medieval rhetorical…
Maintains that the silence of the pilgrims at the end of PrT signifies the Prioress's effectiveness in delivering a story of pathos that stuns the audience into silence. Explores how Chaucer uses PrT "to promote cautious, critical analysis" as a…
Explains palindromes and palindromic structures, rooted in classical and exegetical traditions, here exemplified by means of Augustine of Dacia's couplet. Then argues that PardT "features palinodromically arranged characters, settings, and words that…
Pettibon, Robin.
Sigma Tau Delta Review 8 (2011): 121-28.
Uses details of the Pardoner's description in the GP and his interactions with other pilgrims to support the hypothesis that Chaucer depicts him as a castrato and satirize an aspect of corruption in the medieval Church.
Stigall, Joshua J.
Christian Scholar's Review 42.3 (2013): 245-60.
Considers the Physician's misreading and misapplication of his source material (the Sermon on the Mount and Jean de Meun) to be key to proper understanding that he is "untrustworthy" and that PhyT reveals his lack of "spiritual sensitivity." Reads…
Explores issues of absence, death, exile, silence, orality, and musical performance in "Sir Orfeo" to find connections with FranT. Approaches "Sir Orfeo" as a reflection on how Chaucer depicts the professional art and artists and lay-makers in FranT.
