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Assesses the epistemological implications of the growth in vocabulary in Middle English, focusing on Latin-derived terms for "very general concepts," many from philosophical discourse. Uses the OED and the MED as major sources, drawing evidence from,…

Compares editorial decisions from a linguistic perspective in Thomas Speght's 1602 edition of Chaucer’s works with Andro Hart's Middle Scots 1616 edition of John Barbour's "Brus" to assess the perception of the intelligibility of Middle Scots and its…

Twelve essays by various authors on gender construction in TC, with an introduction (pp. 1-8). For individual essays, search for Men and Masculinities under Alternative Title.

Investigating the period between 1431 and 1631, Summit argues that libraries--particularly the Parker, the Cotton, and the Bodleian--enabled early modern projects of historical and cultural redefinition concurrent with Reformation ideology and…

Comments on Pierre Nora's theory of cultural memory loss and on Christopher Nolan's film "Memento" (2000). Then explores TC for the ways that it represents the relations between historical events and the reconstruction or remembering of these…

Examines the uses of memory and place to develop authoritative "ethos" in John Mandeville's "Travels," Margery Kempe's "Book," WBP, and WBT. The Wife relies on medieval commonplace texts and essentially turns her own experience into such a text.

Medieval medical writings on love-sickness emphasize memory. Memory of Criseyde's beauty, initially the cause of Troilus's malady, remains with him, combining with facets of Augustinian tradition, to permit his final transcendence. Annotated…

Argues that "Middle English 'defaute,' signifying both lack and loss, characterizes the work of mourning" in BD, considering the "interplays between the poem's articulations of toponyms and its figurations of 'White' as simultaneously a deceased body…

Discusses the work and life of John Fisher and his important contribution to Chaucer studies.

Contends that Chaucer employs music as a literary aesthetic, which creates a "structure of narrative mirroring" in KnT and MilT.

For eight essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Mélanges de langue, littérature et civilisation under Alternative Title.

In TC, Troilus's melancholic character and his intense intellectual activity--a topos reminiscent of the first of Pseudo-Aristotle's thirty "problemata" in "Problemata Physica," according to which all men of genius are melancholy--are especially…

Discusses twelve notable medieval manuscripts, recounting personal encounters with each in its library setting, emphasizing aesthetic appreciation, illustrations, and the exigencies of provenances, while including codicological descriptions and…

Ten essays by various authors on topics related to digital research and analysis in medieval studies, with an Introduction by the editors and a comprehensive index. For two essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Meeting the Medieval in a Digital…

Like tense-switching and first-person point of view, the use of the "historical present" by Chaucer and the Gawain poet illustrates how medieval authors could convincingly remember and authenticate the stories they told. The past is the time of…

Asserts that the conflation of editing and canon-formation in literary history "involve[s] an unavoidable circularity of reasoning, and an equally unavoidable series of assumptions we often claim to wish to avoid." Explores logical and methodological…

Using the three parts of the "virtue of Providence" as the basis for the three-book structure of HF, Chaucer implies that, although time moves forward through history, the past,present, and future exist all at once.

Condemns the application of deconstructive criticism to medieval literature, critiquing, by way of example, the claim that Chaucer is a deconstructionist in Marshall Leicester, "Oure Tonges Difference: Textuality and Deconstructive in Chaucer"…

Analysis of the influence of medieval literature and culture on contemporary film, literature, and various academic disciplines. Includes discussion of Chaucer's CT, KnT, PF, and TC.

Alexander traces the "set of ideals" underlying English medievalism, commenting on art, architecture, politics, and religion but focusing on literature. The study contains recurrent references to Chaucer's influence, including investigation of Walter…

Suggests that Naylor's novel "revises" CT by using Chaucer's frame technique to eliminate "unnecessary and arbitrary barriers, rules, and labels." Naylor makes the café, like the pilgrim fellowship, a kind of sanctuary.

In late medieval England, "code-switching" among English, French, and Latin was linked to literacy and social prestige, not to aberrant or nonconformist behavior; code-switching was a means to articulate social identity. Chaucer distanced his…

Describes the "scope and range of Tudor responses to the Middle Ages," tracing the "literary afterlife" of Chaucer, Tudor "editions and redactions" of medieval romances, and "Elizabethan dramatizations of medieval history." Poetic and editorial…

Collection of essays exploring the origins, development, and "manifestation of medievalism in Canadian literature." For three essays pertaining to Chaucer, search for Medievalism in English Canadian Literature under Alternative Title.

Analyzes E. E. Cummings' recovery and revision of medieval themes, models, and authors, including Chaucer, who inspired him to express the exaltation of beauty. Both authors' use of language is considered revolutionary for their times.