Study guide to CT, arranged topically, with sections that introduce the Host, the narrator, and other "voices"; genre and the relations of teller and tale; and several thematic concerns: ideal womanhood and its subversion, writing and authority, and…
Watson, Pat, and Johanna Wrinkle.
Joel McIntosh, ed. 20 More Ideas for Teaching Gifted Kids in the Middle School & High School (Waco, Tex.: Prufrock Press, 1994), pp. 91-94.
Describes classroom activities for studying Chaucer and the "clues" he provides in CT to the personalities of his pilgrims, particularly those clues of physical appearances.
Brewer, Elisabeth.
Harlow: Longman; Beirut: York Press, 1984.
Summary description of Chaucer's life and social contexts, accompanying by appreciative analyses of each of his major works, especially the CT (each tale summarized and described). Also includes discussion of Chaucer's genres, his uses of rhetoric,…
Glencoe Literature Library.
New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Item not seen; cited in WorldCat, with the following abstract: "Provides teaching strategies, background, and suggested resources; reproducible student pages to use before, during, and after reading." Also available at…
Buckmaster, Dale, and Elizabeth Buckmaster.
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 12.1: 113-28. , 1999.
Reviews criticism of ShT as it relates to the history of accounting, arguing that Chaucer scholars would benefit from deeper familiarity with the subject. In Chaucer scholarship, descriptions of historical accounting practices are less precise and…
Thirteen essays by diverse hands discuss what Pearsall describes as the largest manuscript "the student of vernacular literature will ever be likely to have to deal with"--"a comprehensive programme of religious reading and instruction" (x). Five of…
Examines several aspects of Middle English tail-rhyme romances, contrasting them with couplet romances, comparing them with Japanese "sekkyo," and exploring their relations with the "cult of the Virgin," the Holy Family, and contemporary visual art.…
Originally published in 1966, here revised, corrected, and expanded. Describes Chaucer's grammar and usage, anatomized according to parts of speech, with extensive examples. Topics include verbs (in their various tenses, aspects, and moods), nouns,…
Minkova, Donka, and Robert Stockwell, eds.
Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter, 2002.
Nineteen essays by various authors, divided into three sections--Millennial Perspectives; Phonology and Metrics; and Morphosyntax/Semantics-and an envoy. Includes author and subject indexes. For three essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for…
Fitzmaurice, Susan M., and Donka Minkova, eds.
New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2008.
Nineteen studies, including position papers, responses, and counter responses. A set of exchanges pertains to Chaucer: In "Metrical Evidence: Did Chaucer Translate The Romaunt of the Rose'?" (pp. 155-79), Xingzhong Li affirms on metrical grounds that…
Forni, Kathleen Rose.
Dissertation Abstracts International 57 (1996): 206A,
The body of Chaucerian apocrypha, "largely ignored" since 1900, deserves reconsideration for its relation to the canon and to Chaucer's reputation. The latter was affected less by the apocrypha than by linguistic factors and changing tastes. …
Chewning, Susannah Mary, ed.
Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2020.
Fourteen essays by various authors, with an introduction and a "Personal Tribute" by the editor, offering accounts and analyses of Gower’s works, influence, and reception. For three essays pertaining to Chaucer, search for Studies in the Age of Gower…
Strohm, Paul, and Thomas J. Heffernan, eds.
Knoxville, Tenn.: New Chaucer Society, 1985.
Papers presented at the Fourth International Congress of the New Chaucer Society, University of York, August 6-11, 1984, selected and revised. For nineteen essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Proceedings, No. 1…
Includes essays on readings of Middle English texts, Middle English syntax, and styles of Middle English alliterative poetry. Chapter 2 concerns reading of one line in GP. Chapter 7 concerns Chaucer's use of the modal auxiliary verb ought. In…
Bilynsky, Michael, ed.
New York: Peter Lang, 2014.
Collection of essays reflecting contemporary topics in linguistic and literary research on the Middle Ages. For three essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Studies in Middle English: Words, Forms, Senses and Texts under Alternative Title.
Gorlach, Manfred.
Heidelberg : Universitatsverlag C. Winter, 1998.
Bibliographical, linguistic, and aesthetic description of saints' legends in Middle English, with focus on the South England Legendary and the Additional Legends in the Gilte Legend (1438).
Fisiak, Jacek, ed.
Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1997
Twenty-six essays by various authors, exploring issues of syntax, lexicon, phonology, and morphology. Chaucerian materials are cited as data throughout, and for four essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Studies in Middle English Linguistic…
Contemplates star-gazing, constellation-making, manuscript compilations as constellations, and other forms of pattern-making in various medieval visual and verbal texts, including Bo, Astro, HF, and WBP, describing Chaucer as someone "interested in…
Colquitt, Betsy Feagan, ed.
Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1971.
Includes three essays that pertain to Chaucer, one previously printed. For the two new essays, search for Studies in Medieval Renaissance American Literature under Alternative Title.
Leach, MacEdward, ed.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1961.
Includes seventeen essays on various aspects of medieval literature: five on Chaucer, eight on other medieval literary studies, two on linguistics, and two on editing medieval texts. Includes a professional biography of Baugh and a partial list of…
Part 1 includes several chapters on Middle English themes related to Chaucer. Chapter 1 appreciates the sound of the beginning of GP as associated with spring. Chapter 2 includes a brief discussion of the relationship between individualism and the…
D'Arcy, Anne Marie, and Alan J Fletcher, eds.
Dublin : Four Courts, 2005.
Twenty-four essays by various authors and a bibliography of Scattergood's publications. For eight essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Studies in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Texts under Alternative Title.
