Opus Anglicanum.
Farnham, Surrey: Herald AV, 1999.
Item not seen; cited in WorldCat, which indicates that it includes passages from GP read in modern English by John Touhey, interspersed with sung music from Chaucer's time, recorded at Dorchester Abbey (1994).
Donohue, James John, trans.
Dubuque, Iowa: Loras College Press, 1966.
Item not seen. WorldCat records indicate that this collection includes modernizations of GP, KnT, PardT, MkT, NPT, and SNT, portions of which were previously published in 1954 and 1960.
A parody of GP in faux Middle English, rhymed in iambic pentameter couplets. Includes twenty characters, such as the Model, the Astronaut, the Beatnik, the Psychoanalyst, etc.
Abbe, Elfriede, illus.
Manchester Center, Vt. : Press of Elfriede Abbe, 1984.
Illustrated, slightly modernized version (Globe ed.) of CYPT. Numerous monochromatic woodblock engravings (plates and marginal figures) illustrate the narrative and depict alchemical symbols.
Hussey, Maurice, ed.
Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 1965.
Presents CYPT in Middle English (following Robinson's 1957 edition) with end-of-text notes and glossary and a one-page appendix of the spurious link between CYT and PhyT. The Introduction (pp. 1-22) considers the "surprise" of the presence of CY…
Ryan, Lawrence V.
Chaucer Review 8 (1974): 297-310.
Argues that the "ritual outlined in the confessional manuals" underlies the depiction of the Canon's Yeoman's "psychological predicament." Still attracted to alchemy and disguising the connection between his Canon and the canon of his tale, the…
Taylor, Paul Beekman.
English Studies 60 (1979): 380-88.
Zephirus' breath in GP contrasts the parody of divine inspiration in CYT, and CYP to the piety of SNT. CYT stands in relation to SNT as MilT stands to KnT. Both CYT and SNT exploit the metaphor of creative breath.
Grennen, Joseph E.
Studies in Philology 62 (1965): 546-60.
Argues that the two canons of CYPT are functionally identical, that the canon is a consistent character, and that Pars Prima and Secunda of CYT parallel the two parts of medieval alchemical treatises and comprise an "ironic image of the sacrilegious…
Campbell, Jackson J.
Chaucer Review 17 (1982): 171-81.
Chaucer introduces the new pilgrim so that his confession may form an imperfect paradigm of repentance, as prelude to the more successful portrayal of this concomitant of pilgrimage that we find in ParsT.
Grennen, Joseph E.
Criticism: A Quarterly for Literature and the Arts 4 (1962): 225-40.
Identifies alchemical puns and their thematic/metaphoric potential in CYPT, focusing on "multiplie," "fire," and the figure of the "cosmic furnace" in 8.1407-8. Provides conceptual and contextual backgrounds from alchemical commentaries and suggests…
Chaucer makes his commentary on alchemy by presenting the Yeoman as a simple, plain man. While in most of his works the poet inserts an absolute point of view, here he looks at the physical world from a physical point of view.
Dobbs, Elizabeth A.
Christianity and Literature 62.2 (2013): 203-22.
Observes that St. Matthew's account of the Canaanite's interaction with Christ is far more descriptively verbose than the version recorded by St. Mark, and argues that in SNP Chaucer very purposefully chose Matthew's version in order to augment his…
Minnis, Alastair.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Wide-ranging introduction to Chaucer's life and works for students and scholars. Includes philosophical, theoretical, and literary connections that celebrate the canonical importance of Chaucer's authority.
Blake, N. F., ed.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Chapters by various authors treat phonology and morphology, syntax, dialectology, lexis and semantics, literary language, and onomastics. Includes an introduction by Blake, a bibliography, an index, and a glossary of linguistic terms. The chapter…
Hellinga, Lotte, and J. B. Trapp, eds.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Twenty-eight essays by various authors, arranged under three major headings: Technique and Trade, Collections and Ownership, and Reading and Use of Books. The last is subdivided into Books for Scholars, Professions, and The Lay Reader. References to…
Wallace, David, ed.
Cambridge and New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Analytic survey of the literatures produced in England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland between the Norman Conquest and the death of Henry VIII. Contributions from thirty-three authors on topics ranging from the "afterlife" of Old English to Reformation…
Minnis, Alastair, and Ian Johnson, eds.
New York: Cambridge University Press,2005.
A capacious survey of critical theory and application in medieval letters, with twenty-seven essays by various authors, arranged in seven sections: the liberal arts and Latin textuality, the study of classical authors, textual psychologies,…
O'Neill, Michael, ed.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Fifty-three individual essays by various authors on topics ranging from Old English poetry to various movements, individual poets, and postmodern concerns. Arranged chronologically, with a cumulative bibliography and an index. For three essays that…
D'Arcens, Louise, ed.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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…
Dinshaw, Carolyn, and David Wallace, eds.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Seventeen essays by various authors on topics that pertain to women, writing, and social conditions in England and the Continent in the late Middle Ages. None of the essay pertains to Chaucer exclusively, but references to his works recur throughout,…
Krueger, Roberta L., ed.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Fifteen essays and an introduction introduce the reader to "the voyages, transformations, and interrogations of romance as its fictions travel within and between the linguistic, geo-political, and social boundaries of Europe from 1150 to 1600." For…
Grady, Franks, ed.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Includes nineteen contributions that analyze critical histories and reappraisals of specific tales and their contexts. For individual essays, search for Cambridge Companion to the Canterbury Tales under Alternative Title.
Cole, Andrew, and Andrew Galloway, eds.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Presents a collection of essays to support teaching of "Piers Plowman." For an essay that pertains to Chaucer, search for The Cambridge Companion to Piers Plowman under Alternative Title.
Boitani, Piero, and Jill Mann, eds.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
Contains fifteen essays designed for new readers of Chaucer. Emphasizing criticism rather than introductory studies, the contributors introduce fresh insights to encourage new readers to delve further into Chaucer's poetry. Little attention is…
