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Argues that PardT and ShT, juxtaposed but not linked in the Ellesmere manuscript, implicitly embed Crucifixion imagery toward a critique of materialist values. By positioning the "human incapacity to 'see' spiritually against glimmering signs of…

Considers FranT as a commentary on the "sister arts" of poetry and painting, linked in the tale's engagement with rhetoric, to form Chaucer's "theory of the imagetext." Unlike later theorizations that differentiate the visual from the verbal, the…

Emphasizes Chaucer's biographical connections to Kent to support the claim that a "visual source" for the narrative framework of CT exists in pictorial representations of the miracles of Thomas Becket on stained glass in Trinity Chapel at Canterbury…

Compares Chaucer's and Deschamps's poetic critiques of the "comedy of drunkenness," examining passages in GP, MLT, PardP, and ManP as well as Deschamps's chanson royale "Sur l'ordre de la Baboue" (included, with translation, in an appendix). Traces…

Establishes the linked "material, domestic, and spiritual economies" apparent in the Luttrell Psalter as a creative analogue of CT since both texts emphasize "meta-artistic play," hybridity, and multiple frames of reference. Reading images in the…

Studies the interplay between textual content and "mise-en-page" in the Ellesmere MS of CT, especially its use of gold, border ornament, decorated letters, and glosses. Such elements shape an integrated experience of the text, duly "sanitized and…

Examines the British illustrator and sculptor Elisabeth Frink's 1972 illustrated version (with nineteen etchings on copper plates) of Nevill Coghill's 1951 translation of CT. Analyzes several engravings and provides modernist visual interpretation of…

Includes twelve essays, an index, ninety-seven b&w and color illustrations, and an introduction by the editors, who argue for a fuller critical reckoning with the "multimodal aesthetic practices of late medieval visual art and literature" aided by…

Maintains that "The Plowman's Tale" and "Jack Upland" may have contributed to how Chaucer was received by "anti-Catholic cultures of the sixteenth century."

Addresses how spatial, temporal, and linguistic global medievalisms shaped the reception of CT translations. Discusses global translations, including "Wahala Dey O!," an Icelandic translation of MilT, and translations of CT in Turkish, Brazilian, and…

Presents essays on the scope and complexity of the study of medievalism that explore how the Middle Ages have been adapted and interpreted. For two essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for The Cambridge Companion to Medievalism under Alternative…

Describes late-medieval Breton political status and summarizes the region's literary production in Breton and in French, commenting on drama, Arthurian materials, and religious literature. Includes discussion of the setting of FranT in Brittany as…

Describes late medieval literary production in the city of Oxford, characterizing it as a "crossroads for intellectual work of all kinds," summarizing its library holdings, and surveying affiliated literature. Comments on Oxfordian influences on…

Describes late medieval literary production in the city of Canterbury and explores its literary affiliations, ummarizing its place in early English Christianity and the impact of Becket's martyrdom. Highlights works produced in Canterbury or written…

Treats London, Southwark, and Westminster as a single "conurbation," summarizing its cultural interweaving of mercantile, courtly, political, and linguistic threads, and describing its literary production and legacy. Includes discussion of Chaucer,…

Describes the late-medieval literary affiliations of the city of Calais, emphasizing its role in the Hundred Years War and commenting on allusions to the city, noting that Chaucer knew the city personally but "mapped its spaces" (in the GP…

Surveys the literatures of late medieval Europe (eastern, western, and peripheral) from the onset of the Black Death to the end of the Great Schism at the Council of Constance, describing historical events, cultural conditions, ideological…

Includes a chapter entitled "Chaucer's Westminster" (pp. 83-89) that comments on the effects of the plague in Westminster, Chaucer's knowledge of architect Henry Yevele and carpenter Hugh Herland, and the buildings in Westminster that survive from…

Discusses Chaucer's familiarity with the law evidenced in Chaucer's "Life Records" and his poetry. Suggests that Chaucer "exploits the confusion of legal terms defining abduction and rape" because of his "unprecedented legal personhood" with regard…

Collection of essays exploring "legal personhood vis-à-vis the jurisdictional conflicts" of late medieval England. For an essay pertaining to Chaucer, search for Theorizing Legal Personhood in Late Medieval England under Alternative Title.

Studies the significance of "Poets' Corner" in Westminster Abbey as both a physical and a metaphorical literary space. Presents the history of Chaucer's importance as the "founding corpse of Poets' Corner" in discussion of how "political, moral, and…

Reassesses the implications of the two copies of the quitclaim pertaining to Cecily Champain and Chaucer, clarifying the meaning of "quitclaim," describing the process of issuing claims in the medieval period, and arguing that Champain issued two…

Explores the historical events of the Middle Ages, illustrated by LEGO scenes. Includes brief chapter on Chaucer's life, with mention of BD.

Posits that Chaucer's box-office appeal is limited in the U.S. by his "relatively low cultural profile," his association with "British linguistic and literary nationalism," and the "paradoxical stigma" of being both too high-brow and too bawdy.…

Explores the "ghostly presence" of WBPT in the first three episodes of the television show "Mad Men," updating and remediating the "parody of Western misogynist tropes" in WBP, refashioning from WBT the question of what women want, and reframing…