Reprints twenty-seven essays by Wenzel and adds one previously unpublished lecture: "Moral Chaucer?" (pp. 189-204) which considers the "moral life" of Chaucer's characters, focusing on the "decision-making" by the two main characters in TC, and…
Hardman, C. B.
Reading Medieval Studies 6 (1980): 20-30.
Though Chaucer's reputation in the 16th century depended partly on works wrongly attributed to him, he was thought of as a proto-Puritan thinker, a model of eloquence, a love poet. Thus Spenser found it advantageous in the "Shepheardes Calendar" to…
Killough, George.
James M. Hutchisson, ed. Sinclair Lewis: New Essays in Criticism (Troy: N. Y.: Whitson Publishing, 1997), pp. 162-74.
The Pardoner and Elmer Gantry are "charlatan preachers," who are "comic satirical types." Both characters "reveal their own very human limits" and exemplify their authors' concern with the inadequacy of serious words to convey truth.
Toner, Anne.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Studies various kinds of narrative suspension and ellipsis in English literature, and includes comments on a reference to SqT in the expository essay that accompanies the Gothic tale "Sir Bertram, a Fragment" (1773). Connects the essay with Thomas…
Surveys details of each of the GP descriptions of the pilgrims and each of the Ellesmere illustrations to show that the Ellesmere illustrator was a "close reader" of Chaucer. Refers to 22 figures; includes a summary in Turkish
Queen, Ellery, ed.
[New York]: New American Library, 1967.
Anthologizes twenty-three short prose narratives by English and American writers, with a brief, appreciative literary biography for each, and an introductory essay on the nature of anthologies. Includes an excerpt from PardT (pp. 3-8) in Percy…
Describes principles of aesthetic appreciation evident in Elizabethan architecture, painting, sculpture, music, and literature, including a section entitled "The Elizabethan Appreciation of Chaucer" (pp. 223-30) which emphasizes admiration of Chaucer…
Hodder, Karen.
Studies in Medievalism 7 (1996): 105-30
Explores the influence of medieval models of women on Barrett's poetry, arguing that, among others, Chaucer's works deserve greater attention in this respect. Considers Barrett's modifications of Anel in "Chaucer Modernized" and assesses aspects of…
Andretta, Helen R[uth].
Jonathan Gates, ed. Proceedings: 1999 Northeast Regional Meeting of the Conference on Christianity and Literature (Surf City, N. J.: American Graphic Services, 2000), pp. 1-13.
Compares T. S. Eliot's worldview in "The Waste Land" with Chaucer's view of the "world as a wilderness" in CT and Truth. Both poets see the need for renewal.
Trevisan identifies in Eliot's "Prufrock" possible echoes of the Monk's description from GP. "Prufrock" may also have been influenced by Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
Observes that references to Elijah and Elisha in SumT 3.2116-18 evince "Chaucer's awareness, if not endorsement, of the widely held belief that the 'earliest anchorite' Elijah was the founder of the Carmelite Order," and provides various features of…
Green, Richard Firth.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.
Presents (in a postscript) how Chaucer's attitudes and "amused skepticism" toward fairies influenced later writers, including Spenser and Shakespeare. Analyzes connections between historiography of early modern witch-hunts and popular superstitions…
Denley, Marie.
Helen Phillips, ed. Langland, the Mystics, and the English Religious Tradition: Essays in Honour of S. S. Hussey. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1990, pp. 223-41.
Includes brief discussion of ABC in light of alphabetic poems and other medieval teaching devices.
McGillivray, Murray.
Ian Lancashire, ed. Computer-Based Chaucer Studies (Toronto: Centre for Computing in the Humanities, University of Toronto, 1993), pp. 1-15.
Explores the possibilities of representing medieval manuscripts within the present limits of technology and the normal scholar's finances, using TEI-SGML (Text Encoding Initiative-Standard Generalized Markup Language) and some graphic representation.…
Edmonds, David, and Lou Burnard.
Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
SGML-encoded version of the texts of "The Riverside Chaucer" (SAC 11 (1989), no. 11), without notes or other apparatus, readable on a personal computer or Macintosh.
With the aid of new electronic tools, Chaucer courses are making an evolutionary leap. These media foster interactive learning and provide access to materials from archives around the world.
León Sendra, Antonio R., and Jesús L. Serrano Reyes.
Antonio Ruiz Castellanos, Antonia Viñez Sanchez, and Durán Sáez, eds. Retórica y Texto (Cádiz: Universidad de Cádiz, 1998), pp. 332-38.
Explicates aspects of rhetoric, person, and theme in lines 1868-1915 of HF.
Perez Martin, Ma. Jesus.
Filologia Moderna 6 (1966): 323-27.
Observes shifts in tone in NPT 7.2888-2907 (a conversation between Chanticleer and Pertelote), commenting on how these shifts contribute to characterization and drama.
González Miranda, Emilio.
Armando López Castro and María Luzdivina Cuesta Torre, eds. Actas del XI congreso internacional de la Asociación Hispánica de Literatura Medieval: Universidad de León, 20 al 24 de septiembre de 2005. 2 vols. (León: Secretariado de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Léon), 2007: vol. 2, pp. 641-49.
Compares the dream of Chauntecleer in NPT with the dreams of the roosters in "Roman de Renart" and "Reinart Fuchs." In Spanish.
Olivares Merino, Eugenio M.
Juan Paredes, ed. Medioevo y literatura, III: Actas del V Congreso de la Asociacion Hispanica de Literatura Medieval (Granada, 27 septiembre-1 octubre 1993), 4 vols. (Granada, Nicaragua: University of Granada Press, 1995), pp. 491-97.
Comments on Chaucer's description of Pedro I of Spain in MkT, and on similarities between CT and de Ayala's "Rimado."
