Books in the Chaucer Studies series

Makes available in translation the texts that lie behind Chaucer's dream poems. This book gives an idea of what Chaucer's sources were, and in what ways the English poet was inspired to use and go beyond them. It represents authors such as Froissart, Machaut and Deschamps as well as some poems, and translations from Cicero and Boccaccio.

A comparison of Chaucer and Boccaccio sheds new light on both writers, indicating their mutual use of ancient comic literary traditions.

An investigation of Chaucer's thinking about women, assessed in the light of developments in feminist criticism.

A study of the language of Chaucerian manuscripts, printed editions and Chaucer's 15th century followers. Winner of the 2005 Beatrice White Prize for outstanding scholarly work in the field of English literature before 1590

A wide range of new scholarship on Chaucer's poetry.

Detailed examination of the evidence linking the authorship of the Equatorie of the Planetis with Chaucer.

Survey of the relationship between music and literature in 14c France, Italy and Britain, with appendix of all songs attributed to Chaucer.

Gives an outline of structural features of Chaucer's poetic syntax that are relevant to the study of style, and defines some general tendencies in his construction of sentences. This work argues for attention to a wider range of literary functions in studying the relationship between syntax and style in medieval poetry.

Surveys the basis of critical approaches to 'persona' and 'irony' in Chaucer's poetry and suggests that such approaches are better suited to unequivocally written contexts. This book argues that interest in dramatic 'persona' has obscured important issues and leads to misreading.

Medieval natural philosophy illuminates Chaucer's use of the motif of sight and the relationship between love and knowledge.

Owen investigates what the manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales reveal about the way they came into being.

A collection of 32 modernised versions of "The Canterbury Tales" which offers basic material for studying the history of attitudes to Chaucer, and Chaucer scholarship, during the period.

`Lively and interesting... Complaint and its interaction with its narrative context is explored across the range of Chaucer's oeuvre from the shorter poems to various Tales.' NOTES & QUERIES

Using examination of the aims and literary affiliations of Boccaccio's early writings, this book provides a preface to and context for an informed appraisal of Chaucer's usage of Boccaccio.

It is true that certain aspects of Chaucer's syntax and lexis have been dealt with in fairly over the years, but other subcategories of Chaucerian English, such as phonology and morphology, deserve more attention. This work is limited to Chaucerian phonology and morphology, and assumes some familiarity with the rudiments of linguistics.

A translation of lyrics marked 'Ch' found in University of Pennsylvania MS French 15. It provides a record of the filiations of the Pennsylvania MS collection with Chaucer and England. This title includes text of an exchange of poems between Philippe de Vitry and Jean de la Mote, and the text of Granson's "Cinq Balades Ensievans".

Explores the concept, and the 'imaginary world' surrounding Chaucer's "The House of Fame". This book contains an outline and discussion of the poem. It explores the 'history' and meaning of the idea of 'Fame', such as Chaucer might have received from tradition. It demonstrates that "The House of Fame" is in a sense, Chaucer's creative manifesto.

Explores the various kinds of association found in Chaucer's lexical usage, and so to alert the reader to the wider implications of particular words and phrases. This book concentrates on the 'architecture' of the language.

Essays exploring Chaucer's identity as a London poet and the urban context for his writings.

Representations of masculinity in Chaucer's works examined through modern critical theory.

Chaucer's translation of Boethius' work is related to medieval intellectual culture, with attention to Trevet's Boethius commentary.

Argues that the paganism in "Troilus and Criseyde" and "The Knight's Tale" is not simply a backdrop but must be central to an understanding of the texts. This book illuminates the manner in which Chaucer transformed Boccaccio. It examines his historical interest in cultures very different from his own.

Contains thirteen essays dealing with Chaucer's religious tales. Although this book also discusses the prose works, the primary focus of is on his four poems in rhyme royal: "Clerk's Tale", "Man of Law's Tale", "Second Nun's Tale" and "Prioress's Tale".

Uses Boccacio's romances as a basis for his major works.

An original feminist approach, through a study of Chaucer's treatment of masculinity, to the Canterbury Tales

First full-length study of what the manuscript contexts can reveal about early reactions to Chaucer, and in particular his treatment of women.

A close examination of the prayers in Chaucer's poetry sheds significant new light on his poetic practice.

The movement of the pilgrims in the Tales explored both practically and metaphorically, showing it to be an expression of identity.

A major and original contribution to the debate as to Chaucer's use and knowledge of Boccaccio, finding a new source for the "Shipman's Tale".

An analysis of the ways in which Chaucer uses details of costume, clothing and fabric, enhancing our understanding of and shedding fresh insights into his work.