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Literary Theory and Criticism in the Later Middle Ages: Interpretation, Invention, Imagination: Essays in Honour of Alastair Minnis.

Butterfield, Ardis, Ian Johnson, and Andrew Kraebel, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Comprises twelve essays by various authors on topics relating to medieval literary interpretation and theory, rhetoric, and manuscript study, with an introduction by Andrew Kraebel, an account of Minnis's "Career and Contributions" by Vincent…

George Colvile's Translation of the "Consolation of Philosophy."

Cornelius, Ian. Ardis Butterfield, Ian Johnson, and Andrew Kraebel, eds. Literary Theory and Criticism in the Later Middle Ages: Interpretation, Invention, Imagination (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), pp. 220-48.

Explains how George Colvile's 1556 translation of Boethius's "Consolatio" is a "medieval throwback," tracing its marginal explanatory notes to medieval commentary and finding similar commentary "intercalated" with Boethius's poems, tentatively…

"Encountering Vision": Dislocation, Disquiet, Perplexity.

Carruthers, Mary. Ardis Butterfield, Ian Johnson, and Andrew Kraebel, eds. Literary Theory and Criticism in the Later Middle Ages: Interpretation, Invention, Imagination (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), pp. 206-19.

Explores the roles of distress, dislocation, and thoughtfulness in medieval academic discourse, theology, and literary invention. Includes comments on the scene of encountering marvels in SqT (81ff., esp. 189–95)--among the "many [examples] to…

England and Bohemia in the Age of Chaucer.

Brown, Peter, and Jan Čermák, eds. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2023.

Eleven essays by various authors on topics in the social, literary, and cultural relations between England and Bohemia in the late fourteenth century, embodied in the marriage between Richard II and Anne of Bohemia. The introduction by the editors…

Contextualising the "Legend of Good Women": Some Possible Bohemian Perspectives.

Boffey, Julia
Edwards, A. S. G. Peter Brown and Jan Čermák, eds. England and Bohemia in the Age of Chaucer (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2023), pp. 203-13.

Assesses evidence of influence on Chaucer of Bohemian culture, focusing on transmission of this culture and on the "possible role" of Anne of Bohemia as influence on and "likely commissioner" of LGW, attending especially to the "queenly rulers" in…

The Evil Tale of Evil Briselda: Griselda's Wicked Counterpart.

Petrikova, Klara. Peter Brown and Jan Čermák, eds. England and Bohemia in the Age of Chaucer (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2023), pp. 159-67.

Describes two fifteenth-century Czech "responses" to Petrarch's tale of Griselda, one in Latin and its translation into Czech: "Historia infidelis mulieris" and "O Bryzelde rec zla o zle" (An Evil Tale of Evil Briselda). Shows how "the Bohemian text…

The Image of the Tapster in England and Bohemia.

Dienstbier, Jan. Peter Brown and Jan Čermák, eds. England and Bohemia in the Age of Chaucer (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2023), pp. 168-80; 6 b&w illus.

Provides context for the link between death and the tapping of a barrel in RvP, 3892-94, and for the relationship between the Pardoner and Kit the Tapster in the prologue to the "Tale of Beryn," mentioning other English analogues and describing…

Humility and Empire: Anne of Bohemia, Chaucer, and the Virgin Mary.

Wallace, David. Peter Brown and Jan Čermák, eds. England and Bohemia in the Age of Chaucer (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2023), pp. 214-37.

Describes cultural contact and marital negotiations among Plantagenets, Bohemians, and Viscontis as background to Anne of Bohemia's recurrent presence in Chaucer's works, often as an imperial daughter and/or mediatrix, and often reflecting "Marian…

Chaucer and Gower.

Bridges, Venetia. Corinne Saunders and Diane Watt, eds. Women and Medieval Literary Culture: From the Early Middle Ages to the Fifteenth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), pp. 342-76.

Assesses the "depiction of women as ethical signifiers" in Chaucer's and Gower's writings, summarizing the "multilingual and transnational networks on which both poets draw," exploring the "ethical valences" of gender (especially feminine) in their…

Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400.

Cooper, Helen, and Robert R. Edwards, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.

Twenty-nine essays devoted to the examination of poetry from the end of Old English verse through the Ricardian poets, including an introduction by the editors. For nine essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Oxford History of Poetry in English.…

Saints' Lives and Sacred Biography.

Winstead, Karen A. Helen Cooper and Robert R. Edwards, eds. Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), pp. 227-42.

Traces the writing of saints' legends in poetry in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, highlighting the innovative approaches taken by a number of poets, including Chaucer in SNT.

The Canterbury Tales.

Windeatt, Barry. Helen Cooper and Robert R. Edwards, eds. Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), pp. 425-39.

Emphasizes and traces a poetic method common to the CT that Windeatt explores in terms of the tales and their openings; their emphasis on time, chance, and astrology; and the generic hybridity that defines the Tales.

Verse Forms.

Putter, Ad. Helen Cooper and Robert R. Edwards, eds. Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), pp. 128-44.

Catalogues the stylistic choices made by English poets in terms of meter, rhyme, and alliteration, before concluding with examples from Middle English poets, including Chaucer.

Chaucer's Courtly Poetry.

Lawton, David. Helen Cooper and Robert R. Edwards, eds. Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), pp. 409-24.

Highlights the enduring role of court poet for Chaucer, including his debts to "The Romance of the Rose" and the complicity of the narrator in TC. Discusses the creation of Alcestis in LGW.

Manuscripts: The Textual Record of Middle English Poetry.

Horobin, Simon. Helen Cooper and Robert R. Edwards, eds. Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), pp. 54-68.

Considers the specifics of the material form and transmission of Middle English poetry, touching on the idea of the anthology, along with examples. Concludes by tracing the dearth of evidence for pre-1400 transmission of Chaucer's works (along with…

Poetic and Literary Theory.

Galloway, Andrew. Helen Cooper and Robert R. Edwards, eds. Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), pp. 145-64.

Focuses on Chaucer, Gower, and Langland, demonstrating how these poets bring together philosophical and theological ideas as they craft their poetry. Considers the innovations of Chaucer and Gower in terms of literary and poetic theory.

The Poetic Field, I: Old and Middle English Language and Poetry.

Dance, Richard. Helen Cooper and Robert R. Edwards, eds. Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), pp. 71-87.

Concentrates on the relationship between Old and Middle English poetic forms, especially during the transition from Old to Middle English, focusing on the "Soul's Address to the Body" and "The Ormulum" before concluding with a discussion of Chaucer's…

Narrative on the Margins: Tales and Fabliaux.

Cannon, Christopher. Helen Cooper and Robert R. Edwards, eds. Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), pp. 245–56.

Offers a history of the fable in Middle English poetry, with examples from several poems, including discussing four extant fables. Concludes by showing the importance of the fable to the idea of the CT as a whole.

Reception of the Middle English Poetic Tradition.

Boffey, Julia. Helen Cooper and Robert R. Edwards, eds. Oxford History of Poetry in English. Volume 2, Medieval Poetry, 1100–1400 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), pp. 457-69.

Examines the legacy and survival of fourteenth-century poetry and poetic innovations in the fifteenth century, emphasizing the influence of Chaucer and Gower, especially with regard to their shaping of the role of the poet.

The Guise of Translation: The Case for Chaucer's "Oeuvre."

Barrington, Candace. Yearbook of English Studies 53 (2024, for 2023): 134-50.

Argues that "contemporary critical translation theories shed light on" Chaucer's "translational environment" and identifies "a cluster of five translational actions"--"communication, transformation, transportation, hermeneutics, and liminality"--that…

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