Dolan, Michael James
Dissertation Abstracts International 35 (1975): 4511A-12A.
Chaucer's poetry must be read as "in dialogue" with his neoplatonic sources such as Boethius, Macrobius, etc. BD is a study of the root cause of "letargye"--the lack of harmony between the real and the ideal. PF is an analysis of man's…
Ginsberg, Warren Stuart.
Dissertation Abstracts International 36 (1975): 2843A-44A.
Study of KnT and ClT in light of their sources reveals the significance Chaucer was able to impart to his "translations". Study of PardT, and rhyme-royal tales demonstrates the poet's combination of observation drawn from life with that draw from…
McGregor, James Harvey.
Dissertation Abstracts International 37 (1976): 276A-77A.
Dante and Chaucer in effect parody classical tragedy while adapting their Ovidian imitations to a medieval notion of tragic form. They preserve the notion of suffering into truth, but they focus on the truth to be gained by the reader from the…
Despite old objections concerning the date of Deschamps ballade to Chaucer and the Frenchman's rudimentary knowledge of English, it is likely that in his use of "pandras" Deschamps was alluding to Chaucer's TC. This shows that, during his own…
Spiegel, Harriet.
Dissertation Abstracts International 37 (1976): 2855A.
The romances of Chretien and Chaucer introduced the psychologically self-conscious character into medieval literature. KnT and TC make a distinction between the socially defined male, and the psychologically individualized female.
Chaucer used elements of the formal features and conventions of medieval sermons to explore character and inter-personal relationships, examining the dynamics of preachers' interactions with their congregations and often parodying the imitative…
Kim, Sun Sook.
Dissertation Abstracts International 36 (1975): 3732A.
Chaucer and Gower both saw life as a soul's endless journey. Both were concerned with the antipodal aspects of man's life. But Gower observed human conduct in light of moral and philosophical standards, while Chaucer never passed judgments.
Economou, George D.
Philological Quarterly 54 (1975): 679-84.
The uses to which Chaucer put the Bird-in-the-Cage image (in MilT, SqT, and ManT), which he derived from Boethius and Jean de Meun, reveal the precision and complexity of his literary adaptations.
Sundwall, McKay.
Review of English Studies 26 (1975): 313-17.
Inclusion of Diomede's taking Criseyde's rein, original with Chaucer, dates "The Destruction of Troy" after 1385-87. A probable compression of Lydgate's reference to TC suggests a date after 1420 and closer to Luttrell's dating of the alliterative…
Taitt, Peter S.
Salzburg, Austria: Institut fur Englische Sprache und Literatur, Universitat Salzburg, 1975
Offers a close examination of the various ecclesiastical figures in CT and "Piers Plowman" and of the literary techniques used by the two authors to distinguish them. Chaucer's method of characterization concentrates audience interest on the person…
Weiher, Carol.
English Language Notes 14 (1976): 7-9.
Gower's tales of Lucretia and Virginia in "Confessio Amantis" VII are exempla of the fates of lecherous rulers; however, Chaucer's versions of these stories (in LGW and PhyT, respectively) focus, not on the villains, but instead on the admirable…
Wenzel, Siegfried.
Studies in Philology 73 (1976): 138-61.
The influence of sermon language and structure has been recognized in certain of Chaucer's characterizations. However, his reliance on contemporary preaching obviously goes beyond such loose imitation to the borrowing of story plots, images, and…
Pasolini in his "Canterbury Tales" identifies himself as Chaucer because his central concern is relationship of artist to art, focusing on sexuality and morality. The Merchant's Tale and Wife's Prologue show respectability cloaking lust; the Friar's…
Harris, Neil Shettron.
Dissertation Abstracts International 35 (1975): 4429A
The reasons for Chaucer's low reputation in the seventeenth century were as much aesthetic as linguistic. He was a pawn in the battle over enrichment of the language; his works violated the principles of decorum; the medieval genres he used had…
Hieatt, A. Kent.
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1975.
Spenser drew upon Chaucerian and Milton upon Spenserian narrative for mythopoeic embodiments of moral ideas, which they in turn adapted and transformed. From PF, KnT, Marriage Group, and SqT Spenser assimilated ideas of continuity, harmony and free…
Miskimin, Alice S.
New York: Yale University Press, 1975.
The medieval Chaucer developed by a process of accretion and transformation into "England's Homer." Metamorphoses occur in the language, text, and image of the poet. The history of TC is the metamorphosis of a beautiful idea into an ugly one. …
Chaucer's contributions to the novel merit further study. Like Cervantes, Chaucer shows concern for problems which become increasingly important in the development of the novel, notably the author's freeing himself from historical sources and the…
Similarities abound in the writings of Chaucer and Joyce, e.g., concern with English as an appropriate language for literature and with authorial presence in fiction. Most importantly, Chaucer and Joyce, both immersed in the Catholic ethos, share a…
Thompson, Ann.
Yearbook of English Studies 6 (1976): 26-37.
Aside from questions of direct borrowings, "Romeo and Juliet" has much in common with TC. Resemblances include handling of characters, attitudes toward love and death, the use of comedy within the tragedy, imagery, and the overall shape of the…
Brewer, Derek.
London: Oxford University Press, 1974.
Chaucer's remarks in the Prologue to LGW provide a guide to his poetic. The basic poles of reference are the inner point of the narrative itself and the outer details of the tradition in which it is realized, but Chaucer also introduces the…
David, Alfred.
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1976.
As Chaucer struggled to reconcile "auctorite" and "experience" the concern in his poetry evolved from "love celestial" to "love of kynde." In TC the moralist in Chaucer opposes the artist, and the poem's didactic failure is its artistic success. …
Donaldson, E. Talbot.
Michigan Quarterly Review 14 (1975): 282-301.
Pandarus, the Pardoner, and the Poet Chaucer are all three creative artists and experience the frustations of the unloved. The Poet created Pandarus and the Pardoner as representation of deep impulses within himself.
Economou, George D., ed.
George D. Economou, ed. Geoffrey Chaucer: A Collection of Original Articles (New York: McGraw Hill, 1976) pp. 1-14.
Chaucerian study has given rise to differing though complementary schools of criticism, as exemplified by Kittredge, Robertson, Donaldson, etc. The relationship of MilT and RvT exhibits Chaucer's power as an innovator.
