Mandel, Jerome.
Rutherford, Madison, and Teaneck, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1992.
Explores coherence of structure, theme, and character within the fragments of the CT. Balanced plots, oppositions of themes, and parallels of character unify the paired tales of Fragments IV, VI, VIII, and V. Rich in thematic and structural…
Historical novel; a prequel to CT and cast as Chaucer's notebook or journal as he plans and writes his poem, drawing inspiration from his fellow travelers on the current journey. Includes portions of CT in fictional drafts (GP extensively) and…
Rush, Pauline.
Princeton, N.J.: Film for the Humanities and Sciences, 1998.
Introduction to the social and cultural milieu of CT, with narration by Roy Cane and discussion by Christiania Whitehead and Peter Mack. Includes selected readings in Middle English (by Vanessa Adye) and historical illustrations. Produced by…
Andrew, Malcolm, and A. C. Cawley, eds.
London: J. M. Dent, 1997.
Revised edition of Cawley's Everyman text of GP, MilT, RvT, CkT, ShT, and NPT, with a brief descriptive introduction, glosses, and comments on pronunciation, grammar, and versification.
Facing-page German prose translation of the Riverside text of CT. Original German apparatus includes notes, introductions to Chaucer's life and to the tales, a guide to pronunciation, a history of criticism, and a bibliography.
Donaldson, E. Talbot.
[North Hollywood, Calif.]: The Center for Cassette Studies, 1973.
Item not seen; the note(s) to the WorldCat record provide the following description: "Dr. E. Talbot Donaldson, a foremost Chaucerian authority, overviews the historical and literary milieu of Geoffrey Chaucer ans [sic] his Canterbury tales, outlines…
A critical description of Chaucer's major works (except LGW) that focuses on narrative techniques, genres, treatments of source materials, stylistic registers, varieties of audience, and the engagement of audiences through experimentation and the…
Mann, Jill.
Atlantic Heights, N. J.: Humanities Press International, 1991.
Chaucer defines "woman" as the norm against which all human behavior is to be measured, representing women in ways that undermine traditional antifeminist categories. In HF, TC, and LGW, the antifeminist theme of betrayal is recast to reflect human…
Item not seen. Publisher's information indicates that the volume includes discussions of two sections of HF, comparison of Chaucer's (LGW) and Shakespeare's accounts of the rape of Lucrece, and suggestions for university teaching of Chaucer and…
Dor, Juliette De Caluwe, trans.
Louvain-Paris: Editions Peeters, 1986.
With facing translation from the Fisher edition plus explanatory notes and new interpretations, this second installment of a projected four-volume, line-for-line translation of CT into French prose presents RvT, CkT, MLT, WBT, FrT, and SumT.
Mattern, Joanne.
Huntington Beach, Calif.: Teacher Created Materials, 2013.
An introduction to Chaucer. his life and times, and the CT, designed for young readers, with color reproductions and photographs drawn from a variety of sources. Emphasizes basic information and vocabulary, with a glossary of modern terms and an…
Cotton, Eve.
Mount Kisco, N. Y.: Guidance Associates, 2005.
Item not located; cited in WorldCat, with the following abstract: "Examines the life and ideas of Geoffrey Chaucer and traces the route of his pilgrimage."
Item not seen; WorldCat records state that it "Examines the life and ideas of Geoffrey Chaucer and traces the route of his pilgrimage." The records also indicate that the recording was released in 1985 on videocassette with a booklet and in 2005 on…
Blake, N. F.
A. J. Minnis and Charlotte Brewer, eds. Crux and Controversy in Middle English Textual Criticism (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1992), pp. 19-38.
Critiques Root's and Windeatt's editions of TC for their lack of a clear and consistent theory of textual transmission and explores the problems of producing a valid edition of CT, exposing difficulties by examining the limitations of the Riverside…
Woodward, Daniel,and Martin Stevens, eds.
San Marino, Calif.:
A full-size monochromatic facsimile of the Ellesmere manuscript of CT, from the same transparencies used to produce the full-color version (SAC 19 [1997], no. 30).
Wetherbee, Winthrop.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Wetherbee's book briefly discusses Chaucer's language; the social and literary contexts of his work; the incomplete status of the text; and the reception of the tales, from Caxton, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Dryden to the editions of Skeat and…
Princeton, N.J : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, with Cromwell Productions, 1999.
Pedagogical tool for introduction to CT, including the text of the Tales in modern and Middle English, selections from the Ellesmere facsimile, overviews of plots and characters, a glossary of modern synonyms for Middle English words, a pronunciation…
