Chaucer's Knight's Tale: An Annotated Bibliography 1900-1985

by Monica E. McAlpine

Overview

As the first of the Canterbury Tales, the Knight's Tale attracts special attention, particularly in relation to the overall structure of the work and to the other tales. It has been the subject of a vast body of comment by scholars and lay readers. Monica McAlpine provides access to this material in the first of the Chaucer Bibliographies series to deal with a narrative portion of that author's best-known work.

McAlpine includes book-length and chapter-length studies, portions of books and chapters, articles and portions of articles, notes, substantive commentary in editions, study guides, and a few allusions previously unnoticed. Unpublished dissertations are included on a selective basis. Reviews that reflect scholarly debate on the Knight's Tale have also been annotated.

The first section of the bibliography covers the various editions and translations of the work published between 1900 and 1985. The second includes backgrounds and general studies, and the third deals with the three major sources. The fourth section provides a chronologically ordered survey of material on the Knight in the General Prologue and the Links. The final section, also chronologically divided, discusses works on the Knight's Tale itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442614857
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	12/15/1991
Series:	Chaucer Bibliographies
Pages:	486
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.08(d)

About the Author

Monica E. McAlpine is a Professor of English, University of Massachusetts

Editorial Reviews

'Her annotated bibliography of the Knight's Tale is a monument of scholarship and will be an indispensable tool in the study of one of Chaucer's most important tales.'

—Studies in the Age of Chaucer

From the Publisher

'Her annotated bibliography of The Knight's Tale is a monument of scholarship and will be an indispensable tool in the study of one of Chaucer's most important tales.'

Studies in the Age of Chaucer

The latest volume of a 16-volume series citing works on Chaucer's writings, life, and times, which will eventually be available as well on magnetic tape, and floppy and hard disks. Over 1100 books, chapters of books, articles, and substantive commentary in editions, are cited and summarized. They cover editions and translations, backgrounds and general studies, studies of sources, the Knight in the Prologue and the links, and the tale itself. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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