Identifies a series of "parallels in plot and language" between Charles Dickens's "The Cricket on the Hearth" and MerT, arguing for Chaucer’s influence on "Cricket," on the Strong subplot of "David Copperfield," and on Dickens’s "Chaucerian aesthetic…
Pichaske, David R.,and Laura Sweetland.
Chaucer Review 11 (1977): 179-200.
There is a parallel between Harry's rule in CT and medieval political theory. Harry progresses from the role of egocentric tyrant ruling amidst chaos to that of a more or less generous public servant ruling amidst social harmony.
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…
Many postmodern medievalist critics combine deconstructionist rhetoric with a historicist belief in intentionality, thus attributing poststructuralist concerns to medieval authors. Alternatives exist: historical inquiry into textuality or…
Ellison, Darryl William.
Dissertation Abstracts International A75.07 (2015): n.p.
Investigates the role of Chaucerian apocrypha and adaptations in defining "Chaucerian," a concept "that was as much a product of Chaucer's later editors, adapters, and imitators as it was a product of his contemporaries and predecessors." Considers…
Grady, Frank.
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 18 (1996): 3-23.
HF recalls "Piers Plowman" in its vocabulary, its apocalyptic pursuit of truth and authority, its dream-vision genre, its signature passages, and its unfinished state. Both poems manipulate conventions and challenge readers' presuppositions in ways…
Taylor, Karla.
Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1989.
Chaucer was indebted to Dante for turns of phrases, images, stories, and poetic and philosophical aims. Chaucer's most pervasive use of Dante was as "a spur and a background against which he defined his own, very different poetic and moral vision."
Gallagher, Joe, dir.
Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1993.
The MilT read in Middle English by Joe Gallagher (with modern subtitles) before an audience in medieval costume. Audience reactions emphasize meaning and humor.
Taylor, Karla Terese.
Dissertation Abstracts International 44 (1983): 1449A.
In TC, Chaucer subverts "The Divine Comedy": Paolo and Francesca's seduction by literature is metamorphosed to bookishness; Dante's self-authentication contrasts with the narrator's character in TC; and Dante's imagery and allegorical cosmos are…
Surveys Chaucer's reception in Danish scholarship, curricula, and translations, emphasizing the need for a Danish translation of CT that does not lose Chaucer's "subtlety and poetic forcefulness."
