Gathers together previously known documents concerning Cecily Chaumpaigne with newly discovered documents. Documents are transcribed and translations provided.
Ikegami, Masa, Ryuichi Hotta, and Koichi Kano.
Koichi Kano, ed. An Invitation to Chaucer's Cosmos (Tokyo: Yushokan, 2022), pp. 93-124.
A brief introduction to Chaucer's vocabulary compared to present-day English, his grammar, his pronunciation and spellings, and his versification. In Japanese.
Seya, Yukio.
Koichi Kano, ed. An Invitation to Chaucer’s Cosmos (Tokyo: Yushokan, 2022), pp. 155-86.
Surveys the history of Latin literature from Carolingian Renaissance to the twelfth century and enumerates the Latin texts that Chaucer undoubtedly read or his works directly draw on. The final passage focuses on Boccaccio, Petrarch, and ClT. In…
Hosokawa, Satoshi.
Koichi Kano, ed. An Invitation to Chaucer’s Cosmos (Tokyo: Yushokan, 2022), pp. 187-210.
Provides a list of French works written in the period up to Chaucer's lifetime in the order of the number of extant manuscripts, from more than 100 to four. Assuming this reflects the French texts that surrounded Chaucer, reviews Charles Muscatine's…
Nakao, Yoshiyuki, and Tadahiro Ikegami.
Koichi Kano, ed. An Invitation to Chaucer’s Cosmos (Tokyo: Yushokan, 2022), pp. 51-91.
Examines readings in CT manuscripts that are not found in most critical editions. Reviews history of textual criticism of CT up to the Riverside edition, with special reference to Ralph Hanna's scholarship. Considers merits of the electronic…
Presents various essays that introduce Chaucer, the European literary tradition on which his works draw, and the social conditions, art, and culture of his time. Includes a chronology of Chaucer and a list of recommended readings. In Japanese. For…
Kawasaki, Masatoshi, and Koichi Kano.
Koichi Kano, ed. An Invitation to Chaucer's Cosmos (Tokyo: Yushokan, 2022), pp. 3-50.
Provides a detailed account of Chaucer's life, with consideration of how his personality and experience contributed to his literary characteristics. In Japanese.
Harris, Carissa M.
Chaucer Review 57 (2022): 475-83.
In light of newly discovered documents surrounding Cecily Chaumpaigne, calls for more attention to the servant women depicted in Chaucer's texts and the use of the word "endure" in his corpus.
Flannery, Mary C.
[London] Times Literary Supplement October 21, 2022, p. 18.
Reports on reactions to the release of new documentary evidence about the "relationship between Chaucer and Cecily Chaumpaigne," suggesting how these reactions reveal "how much our own perspectives and feelings shape the stories we tell about the…
Recounts the composition of a "troubadour-style" version of WBPT set to music (lyrics and link to audio recording included), describing its usefulness in teaching of Chaucer's work and various other benefits of using music in teaching English…
Menmuir, Rebecca, Peter Buchanan, and Lucy Brookes.
Year's Work in English Studies 101 (2022): 283-315
A discursive bibliography of Chaucer studies for 2020, divided into four subcategories: general, CT, other works, and reception and reputation. Augmented by the bibliographies on "Middle English" in this volume of YWES.
Ash-Irisarri, Kate, Laurie Atkinson, Daisy Black, Sarah Brazil, Natalie Calder, Andrew Finn, Darragh Greene, Ayoush Lazikani, Rebecca Menmuir, Mark Ronan, J. D. Sargan, and Seth Strickland.
Year's Work in English Studies 101 (2022): 185-282.
Discursive bibliography, divided into fourteen subsections: Early Middle English; Theory; Manuscript and Technical Studies; Religious Writing; Secular Prose; Secular Verse; "Piers Plowman"; Gower; Old Scots; Drama; "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight";…
Amsel, Stephanie, and Will Rogers.
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 44 (2022): 439-532
Continuation of SAC annual annotated bibliography (since 1975); based on contributions from an international bibliographic team, independent research, and MLA Bibliography listings. 326 items, plus a listing of reviews for 47 books. Includes an…
Explores images and metaphors in various works in Middle English to disclose their "implicit theories of language," with numerous references to Chaucer and his works throughout, including discussion of birdsong as oral language in PF and comparison…
Ramirez, Janina.
London: W. H. Allen, 2022; Toronto: Hanover Square, 2023.
Includes a brief summary of KnT and posits that the petitioning of Theseus by the Theban women may have inspired the "final act" of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison when she reached "towards the king's horse" at the Epsom Derby of 1913. Also notes…
Brooks, Karen.
New York: William Morrow, 2022 (originally published Sydney: Harlequin, 2021).
Historical novel in which the setting, plot, and first-person protagonist, Eleanor (later Alyson) are based on WBPT, with many characters adapted from history and from CT, including Chaucer. Includes a glossary, list of historical characters,…
