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Describes the conditions under which Chaucer developed his verse and prose styles, focusing on the former. Argues that English verse romances are the foundation of Chaucer's poetic style to which he "grafted" the continental traditions of "fin…

El is based on Hg, the first published text. Hg arranged the thirteen apparently unrelated fragments of the one copytext left by Chaucer not by geographical and chronological features which exercise modern critics but by a sequence of…

Presents evidence that William Thynne used MS Hunter 409 as his source when preparing Rom for his 1532 edition of Chaucer's Workes," "resorting to the French original when in doubt," and recurrently archaizing the text by adding the y-prefix to…

Supporting Robert A. Pratt's theory in SP 53 (1956) that Chaucer drew on a French translation of Boccaccio, Hanly explores parallels, both verbal and thematic; the likelihood of Beauvau as translator; and the possibility of Chaucer's familiarity with…

Analyzes the contribution of Edward III to England's growth as a nation, emphasizing such institutional changes as the development of the Commons in Parliament, the emergence of a systematic exchequer, and the commissioning of justices of the peace. …

Describes Chaucer's life and works in a brief subsection of chapter two (pp. 47-56), offering appreciative commentary that characterizes the poet as one who "loved life," despite awareness of the "faults, sins, crimes, follies, and vanities of…

Argues that "the original Old English concessive conjunction 'peah' transformed into Middle English 'theigh,' survived much longer than is admitted in standard Middle English reference books."

Reprints the "rare pamphlet version" of Tolkien's lightly abbreviated performance version of RvT, adapted from Skeat's edition with diacritical marks to aid pronunciation and several adjustments to emphasize dialect features of the Tale. In his…

Explores difficulties of representing in Spanish translation the provincial Northern dialect of John and Aleyn of RvT.

Bayard, the horse in RvT, is presented as a mare, a gelding, and a stallion. The stallion image represents the clerks, foreshadowing the bedroom activity; the gelding image represents the Reeve, who--though he wants to chase mares like the…

Examines the functions and placement of the northern dialects in RvT, and argues that they reflect the Reeve's negative feeling toward the clergy. In Japanese.

Chaucer likely knew "Een bispel van .ij. clerken," a fourteenth-century Flemish analogue that provides more similarities to RvT than either "Le meunier et des II clers" or "De Gombert et des deux clers." Beidler includes a translation of the Flemish…

Item not seen; the WorldCat records indicate that this is a reading by Piehler of RvT in Middle English.

Recorded at radio station KRCW, Santa Monica College, during the Tenth International Congress of the New Chaucer Society. Re-edited and digitally mastered as a CD-ROM by Troy Sales and Paul Thomas in 2006.

Places RvT in the context of oral literature: fluidity, a plot pattern more important than characters, fulfillment more important than suspense. RvT emphasizes the victory of young over old and shows no concern with moral values, except that "pride…

Suggests that the use of "rusty" in GP 618 foreshadows the moral criticism of the Reeve as corrupt, envious, and rancorous.

An edition, with introduction, notes, and glossay.

Explores the "really profound difference" between the Reeve and the Miller, commenting on the Miller's rich characterizations in MilT and the vitality and "kind of justice" that underlies the outcome of his Tale. RvT, conversely, is an unwholesome…

The Reeve's words at A 3883-85 draw on Saint Fursey's otherworld journey and contribute to his impersonation of a preacher.

Considers the reality, ideology, meaning, and historical context of Chaucer's Reeve, assessing how in RvT Chaucer comments on "contemporary and social trends in a reactionary way."

The garden encounter between Daun John and the merchant's wife is a parody on man's first sin in Eden. The three characters exhibit the sins of lechery, avarice, and vanity. The Monk parallels the tempter; the Wife, Eve; and the Merchant, Adam.

Alphabetical list by title of 564 movies about medieval Europe, providing details of date, director, cast, and, where possible, critical bibliography. The index lists seven films based on Chaucer's works or Chaucerian material.

Examines themes of literacy, orality, emphasis on the written word, and reading in BD, HF, PF, LGW. Chaucer is unallegorical, even in NPT. In reconstructing Chaucer, we must beware of approaches too technical that cut us off from a "feeling"…

The artistic unity of Chaucer's TC seems to fall prey to the contradictory philosophical arguments present, the attractiveness of earthly love, and then the repudiation thereof.

Examining past editions of Chaucer--Urry's 1721 edition (commonly considered the "worst" edition), Tyrwhitt's 1775 five-volume edition (the first "modern" edition), and Thomas Morell's 1727 "open" edition--illuminates current editorial practices. …