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Chapter 4 of a social history of London, with emphasis on the plague, the status of the Church, the vivid characterizations of CT as a "window on the world . . . in all its richness," and Richard Whittington's mayoralty. Also published in The City on…

Identifies two projects in Chaucer studies--John M. Manly and Edith Rickert's early twentieth-century "Chaucer Research Project" and Ingham's own graduate research practicum, "Experiments in the Humanities Lab"--as evidence of ongoing reclamation and…

Arranged in districts; includes brief references to Chaucer and his works, e.g., Cheapside (CkT), south of the Thames (CT), Aldgate (Chaucer's residence), etc.

Outlines the "historical background on outlawry as a legal practice," and uses this background to explore how the depictions of outlaws in WBT and KnT unveil "chivalry's ideological blemishes" by showing how outlawry displaces a character's…

Compares "English, Welsh, and Irish refabrications of the Trojan legend as national origin myths," focusing on the ambivalences of the legend, describing the “translatio imperii studiique,” and commenting on medieval (including Chaucerian)…

Discusses the long-standing view of Chaucer as a fun, perhaps obscene writer, suggesting that readers "are invested in protecting their ability to enjoy Chaucer freely." References Kate Manne's notion of "himpathy," or the "excessive sympathy" felt…

Describes a semester-long assignment for use in an undergraduate Chaucer course, with extensive hand-outs, adaptable to in-class, online, and hybrid formats. The end-product is a "commonplace book" or “medieval miscellany” that combines…

Attributes reduction of Chaucer's presence in UK university curricula to "asserted economic exigency and the quest for relevance," and aligns it with "unreflective dogma" of forms of "political correctness," including "radical feminism." Responses…

Assesses the need for experimentation in current educational endeavors, considered in light of the provocative “failure” of the “Strawberry Creek College” (officially, the “Collegiate Seminar Program”) of University of California,…

Explores ho inheritance was imagined between the lifetimes of Chaucer and Shakespeare. Examines medieval writings, including CT and TC, and Renaissance writings, such as Edmund Spenser's "Faerie Queene" and William Shakespeare's "As You Like It,"…

Examines the fifteenth-century manuscript known as "On Husbondrie," compiled by Duke Humfrey of Gloucester, which contains information on farming, agriculture, and animal husbandry. Argues that the manuscript is not simply a practical guide for…

Reports on the author's completing a Ph.D. in medieval English and pursuing a career during the COVID-19 pandemic; includes comments on the “clear parallel” between teaching Chaucer's works and teaching online courses generally.

Examines John Gower's consideration of the "appropriate purpose and use of incarceration, including comparison of his Tale of Tereus” in the "Confessio Amantis" with Chaucer's analogous account in LGW. In Gower, imprisonment precedes the rape of…

Compares Genius of Gower's "Confessio Amantis" with Chaucer’s Parson of CT in order to disclose Gower's "views concerning priests," arguing that both characters are idealized models of "proper pastoral care" and, perhaps, the result of…

Examines several stories from Gower's "Confessio Amantis" to investigate the poet's "thoughts about the limitations of patriarchy as an institution." Includes comparison of Gower’s Tale of Constance with Chaucer’s MLT, showing that the latter is…

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…

Reports briefly on the study of English language and literature in Taiwan and describes a pedagogy for teaching a course in early British literature, including discussion of the advantages of using, among others, a "painting and drawing technique" to…

Anthologizes a wide variety of selections from classical, biblical, medieval, and early modern literatures in a "companion to literary or cultural study of premodern ecological concerns." Includes two samples from Chaucer: a conflation of portions of…

Reviews development of late fourteenth-century English poetry and the canonization and recognition of Chaucer and Gower as founders of English literature. Claims that their literature contributes to a sense of belonging, through the use of the…

Introduces a special edition centered on Chaucerian scholarship and its relationship to power, empire, class, race, and gender, suggesting how scholars can navigate the toxic nature of Chaucer and his writings. Considers how scholars can "write about…

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…

Examines the role of the Bishop Guðmundr in mediating the relationship between the papacy and the Icelandic Church in the thirteenth century. Demonstrates how Guðmundr’s actions, and strategy for challenging traditional notions of papal…

Argues that theological modes of inquiry are needed in interdisciplinary approaches to literature that have tended toward secular and "reductive" methodologies. Notes the difficulty of teaching theological modes of inquiry through Chaucer when few…

Analyzes Chaucer's "universalizing doublets," such as "up and doun," with those appearing in the Auchinleck Manuscript to suggest that Chaucer was not simply
imitating the diction of medieval romance: his usage mirrors that of Middle English…

Examines "uses and misuses" of three metrical forms found in English literary history between 1350 and 1650: alliterative meter, tetrameter, and pentameter. Rejects the traditional division between medieval and modern in reexamination of Chaucer’s…