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Defines "ballad tragedy" in comparison with late-medieval "De casibus" tragedies, using ballads collected by Francis James Child and, among other works, Chaucer's MkT and TC.

Observes that the "ferses twelve" of BD 723, though impossible on a common chess board, was possible on some medieval boards (especially in Germany) of twelve squares by eight squares, with their twelve pawns. Then argues that the phrase has…

Comments on Chaucer's connections with Spain, focusing on 1366, when he was married and visited Spain, and on 1387, when many died of pestilence after accompanying John of Gaunt on his invasion of Spain in 1386.

Describes the influence of Jerome's "Adversus Jovinianum" on Chaucer, especially in FranT and WBP, and explains why the Pembrock MS 234, edited here, is "closer to Chaucer's source manuscript than any of the other" forty-two manuscripts considered…

Analyzes Chaucer's use and adaptation of Petrarch's sonnet as the "canticus Troili" in TC, exploring prosodic and contextual features in light of R. A. Shoaf's description of translation as either rape or marriage.

Suggests that Henry Bradshaw looked at CT as an early book in terms of quire structure, which he tried to reconstruct, rather than a topologically real pilgrimage.

Derives a composite "Chaucerian narrator" from the poet's various works, characterized by "naiveté or dull-mindedness," the traditional pose of a "slyly comic writer." Then explores how this nuances of this figure are used to effects in individual…

Argues that Chaucer's influence on Edmund Spenser's "Shepheardes Calendar" is "deeper and far more extensive" than previously recognized. In particular, manipulations of the "hidden narrator" in Spenser are similar to similar techniques in CT and…

Describes a semester-long assignment for use in an undergraduate Chaucer course, with extensive hand-outs, adaptable to in-class, online, and hybrid formats. The end-product is a "commonplace book" or “medieval miscellany” that combines traditional…

Personal account of the author's efforts to write an unorthodox dissertation, including comments about her thwarted intention of using the CT "as a template" for the dissertation.

In the beginning of CT, Chaucer's references and allusions to late-fourteenth-century theater indicate the potentially disruptive nature of dramatic public expression. CT defines the cycle plays as radically other-provincial, civic, and communally…

The "homo ludens" tradition from Erasmus to Huizinga and the recent development of sociobiology reveal three motives in life and art: play, purpose, and game. Critics focusing on allegory or "idea" see purpose as Chaucer's primary motive, but his…

The attribution of "Testament of Love" and "The Plowman's Tale" to Chaucer seems to have had no unfavourable effect, though the acceptance of his authorship of "The Plowman's Tale" may have fueled the belief that Ret was a monkish forgery.

Edits sixteen medieval narrative poems and lyrics "prized and preserved because of their associations with Chaucer." Includes glosses, notes, and textual information, with a cumulative bibliography and brief glossary. The selection includes "The…

Forni traces the complex relationship between Chaucer's canon and the apocrypha, with particular focus on the "Folio" canon, from Thynne's 1532 "Workes" edition to editions of the eighteenth century. The first part examines the formation of the Folio…

Offers "a detailed textual analysis" of Prov, furnishing "a text based on four authorities," and, while not affirming or denying attribution to Chaucer, setting "the record straight, perhaps, on certain matters connected with authenticity."

Gower and Chaucer treat the same traditional stories differently: Gower typically narrates them as exempla in "Confessio Amantis," whereas Chaucer, breaking from the fixed pattern of LGW, tells them in CT to explore truth.

Argues that Spenser emulates Chaucer in "furthering the project of language formation in English." Attending to Chaucer's model in CT (and to Richard Mulcaster's precepts), Spenser uses interactive speakers who have various dialects and lexicons to…

CT tapes are useful in interpreting the GP Prioress and excerpts in PardT, MerT, WBT, and NPT.

Asserts that the source of the echoes from Chaucer in William Wordsworth's "Liberty" is ManT 9.163-74 rather than SqT 5.610-20 even though the Chaucerian passages are analogous.

Commentary on and recording of the extant music mentioned in Chaucer, arranged for harp and voice and embellished with other instruments; also includes other medieval songs. The commentary describes fourteenth-century harps and harping. The recording…

Describes a series of six short assignments (three pages each) designed for a Chaucer class, intended to introduce students to the major methods and tools used by professional scholars. The assignments focus on diction analysis, tale/teller…

Haweis's two books--Chaucer for Children (1877) and Chaucer for Schools (1881)--reveal much about Victorian Chaucerians, their conversations, and their research. A scholarly popularizer, Haweis supported Chaucer's reputation during the formative…

A special number of Chaucer Review, dedicated to the memory of Judson Boyce Allen.

Indexes by author and subject the contents of The Chaucer Review, 1966-96. The 798 entries are also published with annotations at .