Employing the Lacanian theory of Slavoj Žižek, Sullivan examines the relationship of HF to Augustine's "Confessions," Virgil's "Aeneid," Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy," and Dante's "Divine Comedy," arguing that Chaucer and Dante rewrite…
Taylor, Joseph.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Examines "the North as a regional concept in the literature of medieval England," considering a range of texts from Bede's "Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum" to the Towneley plays. Chapter 4, "Chaucer's Northern Consciousness in the 'Reeve's…
As part of a discussion of Gower's trilingualism and his uses of history, science, and literature, Zarins contrasts the treatment of astronomy and literature in HF with Gower's "praise of science . . . for its own sake."
Fullman, Joshua
Dissertation Abstracts International A74.11 (2014): n.p.
Includes discussion of the pilgrimage motif of CT and the PardPT as examples of the late-medieval eschatological imagination that manifest the "Augustinian" version of apocalypticism which" subscribed to an expectation of cosmic and personal…
Turner, Marion.
In Robert DeMaria Jr., Heesok Chang, and Samantha Zacher, eds. A Companion to British Literature. Vol. I, Medieval Literature 700–1450 (Chichester: Wiley, 2014), pp. 146-60.
Argues that Chaucer's works are "far more ambivalent and less polemical about revolt" than earlier texts or contemporary ones. Identifies changes in historical understanding of "revolution" as a concept, and examines MkT, where revolt is part of an…
Børch, Marianne.
European Journal of English Studies 10.2 (2006): 131-48.
Børch discusses Th as an "oral romance," surveying its oral characteristics and exploring how these characteristics - when they are written - help to parody the "chivalric ethos" that underlies the genre of romance. Th also exposes for consideration…
Explores the "psychological continuities between the Black Death and COVID-19" in a series of four essays, arranged chronologically, with an introduction, conclusion, and comprehensive index. Chapter 2, titled "The Pardoner, the Prioress, and the…
Chaudhuri, Supriya, and Sukanta Chaudhuri, eds.
Calcutta : Allied, in collaboration with the Department of English, Jadavpur University, 1996.
Eleven essays by various authors, on topics relating to Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Petrarchan tradition, Renaissance ballads and drama, and George Herbert. For two essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Writing Over under Alternative Title.
Hernández Pérez, Mª Beatriz.
F. J. Cortés et al., eds. Variation and Variety in Middle English Language and Literature (Barcelona: Kadle, 2000), pp. 55-64.
Analyzes Chaucer's use of seascapes and water imagery in LGW, HF, and TC, attending to their metaphoric qualities and their narrative functions.
Nyffenegger, Nicole, and Katrin Rupp, eds.
Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018.
Includes nine essays based on presentations at the 2014 New Chaucer Society Nineteenth International Congress in Reykjavík. Sets up a theoretical framework for the exploration of "the textuality of human skin" and "the relations between text,…
Opens with commentary on oldness in KnT, MilT, and RvT, and proceeds to assess old age as a source "of debility and impairment as well as authority and veneration" in Scog, Adam, the Reeve’s description in GP, RvPT, and WBT. Disability studies and…
Ramsburgh, John S.
Dissertation Abstracts International 65 (2005): 3797A
Suggests that TC and WBP argue for a diachronic understanding of time-as-phenomenon, as opposed to the religious emphasis on eternity over temporality.
Davis, Isabel.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Davis explores "intersections between medieval masculine subjectivity and the ethics of labour and living" in Langland's "Piers Plowman," Usk's "The Testament of Love," Gower's "Confessio Amantis," the poetry of Hoccleve, and Chaucer's CYPT. Reads…
Describes Paul C. Doherty's seven murder mysteries based on CT, exploring them as deeply allusive appropriations rather than adaptations, and theorizing how Chaucer-adept readers of this fan fiction can achieve Lacanian jouissance as well as…
Prendergast, Thomas A.
Jennifer Jahner, Emily Steiner, and Elizabeth M. Tyler, eds. Medieval Historical Writing: Britain and Ireland, 500–1500 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019), pp. 437-49.
Explores relations between medieval written depictions of tragic events in history and "fictional tragedies," commenting on a range of texts, and assessing how, in MkT, "Chaucer seems to suggest . . . that there is a difference between reporting a…
Taavitsainen, Irma,Gunnel Melchers, and Päivi Pahta,eds.
Amsterdam and Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1999.
Twenty-one essays by various authors, and an introduction by Taavitsainen and Melchers on literary versions of nonstandard English, including literary dialects and linguistic history in literary records. For two essays that pertain to Chaucer, search…
Zhang, John Z.
English Language Notes 26:4 (1989): 1-5.
The inconsistencies of voice (Palamon, the Knight, or Chaucer?) in KnT 1303-27 indicate that the poet is manifesting his own artistry in the poem; writing is not merely an imitation of speaking.
Treharne, Elaine, ed.
Cambridge : D. S. Brewer, 2002.
Six essays by various authors treat the Old English "Judith," Veronica in Anglo-Saxon England, the treatment of women in Middle English romances, and three tales in CT. For the three essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Writing Gender and Genre…
Asserts that Chaucer's dream visions dramatize the act of reading and illustrate the author's interest in the reciprocity of author, text, and reader in making and renewing of meaning. Argues that Chaucer represents the failure of all kinds of…
Hardyment, Christina.
London: British LIbrary, 2012
Documents the British Library's exhibition of the same name (May-September 2012). Examines how the British landscape shapes literary texts, and how British authors depict the wide range of landscapes in English literature. Briefly discusses Chaucer's…
Justice, Steven.
Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 1994.
New-Historical exploration of the relations between late-medieval vernacular literacy and the insurgency of 1381 (Peasants' Revolt). Focuses on six brief texts concerning leaders of the revolt, treating their production, implications, and relations…
Patterson Lee.
James M. Dean and Christian Zacher, eds. The Idea of Medieval Literature: New Essays on Chaucer and Medieval Culture in Honor of Donald R. Howard (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1992), pp. 55-71.
Chaucer maintained a persistent interest in the complaint genre. Its modest dimensions and unprepossessing claims are part of its appeal, but Chaucer raises large questions about the foundations of cultural and metaphysical truths through the…
Utz, Richard.
Sven Rune Havsteen, Nils Holger Petersen, Heinrich W. Schwab, and Eyolf Østrem, eds. Creations: Medieval Rituals, the Arts, and the Concept of Creation. Ritus et Artes, no. 2. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2007, pp. 121-38.
The nominalist concept of absolute divine power may underpin Chaucer's experiments "with a variety of authorship roles." In TC, both Pandarus and the narrator complicate the author's pose as a mere compiler or translator. Robert Henryson's "Testament…
