Examines Chaucer's influence on Wordsworth's poetry, especially in "Lyrical Ballads" and "Ecclesiastical Sonnets." Establishes that Wordsworth is a "Chaucerian translator," because of his engagement with Chaucerian literary tradition.
Koff, Leonard Michael.
Chaucer Review 19 (1985): 338-51.
In his translation of ManT and comments Wordsworth reveals typical Romantic preoccupations and premises, notably that feelings are inherently moral and unrestrainable.
Hodder, Karen.
Karen Hodder and Brendan O'Connell, eds. Transmission and Generation in Medieval and Renaissance Literature: Essays in Honour of John Scattergood (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2012), pp. 141-52.
Discusses Wordsworth's modernization of ManT, which was commissioned for Thomas Powell's "The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer Moderniz'd" (1841) but eventually suppressed by Wordsworth's wife.
Crystal, David.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Examines the heritage of English from locations throughout Britain. Chapter 20, "Talbot Yard, London SE1: Chaucer and Middle English," comments on Chaucer's influence on the English language.
Alludes to Chaucer in the title of an essay about the poet Barrie Phillip Nichol, "On First Opening Nichol's Chaucer," and briefly characterizes CT as "a long poem that incorporates," playing on the meaning of "corpus" as "body."
Bishop, Louise M.
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2007.
Surveys medical metaphors and the rise of English vernacular writing to trace diminution of belief in the "intrinsic healing quality" of words. As the healing power "evaporates," we find the separation of material and immaterial things, healing and…
Maggioni, M[aria]. Luisa.
Gabriella Di Martino and Maria Lima, eds. English Diachronic Pragmatics. Proceedings of the International Conference on English Diachronic Pragmatics. (Naples, Italy: CUEN, 2000), pp. 103-14.
Examines relationships between the roles of women in medieval society and the language used by women in Arthurian romances, especially interpersonal relationships as depicted in dialogue, forms of address, indicators of politeness, and the emerging…
Ogura, Michiko.
Akio Oizumi, Jacek Fisiak, and John Scahill, eds. Text and Language in Medieval English Prose: A Festschrift for Tadao Kubouchi (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2006), pp. 183-206.
Ogura examines the lexicon of emotion (anger, fear, joy, pleasure, sorrow, wonder) in translations of Boethius by Jean de Meun, Chaucer, and Elizabeth I. Chaucer effectively uses three levels of word pairs: native, foreign, and combinations of…
Olson, Mary Catherine.
Dissertation Abstracts International 58 (1998): 4645A.
Seeks to explain how and in what ways illustrations affect reading, discussing the manuscripts of the Harley Psalter, the Old English Illustrated Hexateuch, the Marvels of the East, and the Ellesmere manuscript of CT. Ellesmere raises questions…
Erne, Lukas.
Swiss Papers in Language and Literature 17 (2005): 99-118
Exemplifies how various aspects of the "bibliographical space" (e.g., format, typography, layout, paper, binding) of manuscripts and early editions challenge modern editors to represent the semiotic value of such space. Examples include the Ellesmere…
Baker, Peter S.,and Nicholas Howe, eds.
Toronto, Buffalo, and New York: University of Toronto Press, 1998.
Seventeen essays by various autors, focusing primarily on Old English language and literature. For three essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Words and Works under Alternative Title.
Brewer, Charlotte.
Charlotte Brewer and Barry Windeatt, eds. Traditions and Innovations in the Study of Middle English Literature: The Influence of Derek Brewer (Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2013), pp. 215-61.
Analyzes the history of the OED's medieval portion, and emphasizes how Chaucer's "linguistic innovativeness" is shaped by the "substance of OED and MED quotations and definitions." Includes extensive appendix of OED's record of vocabulary in BD.
Argues for a pun on nonce-word "ape-ese." The Cook has drunk "wyn ape." If appease (ad pacem) is merely ape-ease, then clearly wine is no real remedy for the pilgrims' dis-ease ("whan that they were seke").
Tani, Akinobu.
Osamu Imahayashi, Yoshiyuki Nakao, and Michiko Ogura, eds. Aspects of the History of the English Language and Literature: Selected Papers Read at SHELL 2009, Hiroshima (New York: Peter Lang, 2010), pp. 101-13.
Evidence from variants in manuscripts of Mel indicates that Chaucer's contemporaries accepted his use of doublets in "curial style." The variants reinforce affiliations between Hg and El and between Corpus Christi College 198 and Lansdowne 851,…
Guastella, Gianni.
Oxford:Oxford University Press, 2016.
Includes a chapter entitled "Chaucer, House of Fame" (pp. 355-83) that describes HF and characterizes Chaucer's treatment of literary reputation as unusual in lacking the "moralistic slant" of his predecessors, opting instead for a "disillusioned…
Canfield, J. Douglas.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989.
Treats selected major figures and works of English literature from "Beowulf" to Congreve, concentrating on the feudalistic idea of the "pledged word," as a shaping "master trope." By elevating the word to sign, Canfield applies theories of Derrida,…
Daróczy outlines the Latin rhetorical tradition as background to Chaucer's techniques of characterization in GP: groupings of pilgrims, omitted details, the order and juxtaposition of the portraits, epithets, and summarizing lines. Emphasizes…
Collects previously printed essays, all here translated into English. The essays explore various relationships between diction and characterization as the key to Chaucer's literary craft. Concludes that Chaucer composed poetry as if he were…
Crowther, Joan Dorothy Whitehead.
Dissertation Abstracts International 28.10 (1968): 4122A.
Explores the relations between style and Christian morality in MilT, RvT, FranT, MLT, MerT, ClT, and NPT, gauging the moral outlooks of the narrators of the Tales.
Crowther, Joan Dorothy Whitehead.
Dissertation Abstracts International 28.10 (1968): 4122A.
Explores the relations between style and Christian morality in MilT, RvT, FranT, MLT, MerT, ClT, and NPT, gauging the moral outlooks of the narrators of the Tales.
Kanno, Masahiko.
Studies in Medieval Language and Literature 5 (1990): 45-55.
Examines the Host's malapropistic banter in the introduction to PardT and language in PardT and GP that helps delineate the character of the vicious Pardoner. Kanno discusses incongruity between word and deed, appearance and reality.
Carlson, David R.
Library, ser. 6, 19 (1997): 25-67.
Traces the history of two related series of woodcuts. The first, cut for Caxton's 1483 edition, apparently derives from miniatures in the manuscript now known as the Oxford Fragments (Ox1 and Ox2). The second series was copied from Caxton for…
