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**THIRTY-YEAR WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR CHAUCER AND MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE 1970-2000**

By Derek Pearsall

**Introduction:**

This publication is based on a bibliography that I have kept up for my own use since 1970. It was kept in handwritten form until 1994, when a graduate student at Harvard, Marie Henson, worked with me to type it up, put it in some sort of shape, and get it on disk. I am enormously grateful to her. I now think I should make it available for the use of others, and the World-Wide Web seems an ideal way of doing so. I don't intend to add to it or keep it up in the future: it is the Thirty-Year Bibliography. I hope it will prove useful.

The Bibliography is fairly systematic for what it covers, though there is inevitably an element of idiosyncrasy (especially in the `General' entries), with items included as they caught my interest or attracted my attention. Many items are omitted because I thought them too short or of only marginal interest; many, no doubt, I have simply missed. Editions of standard texts are rarely listed. The Bibliography tends to become more selective as the years pass (with the vast increase in publication). Long titles of books and essays are sometimes abbreviated or summarized.

The organisation into categories is one that I have found generally successful, though again the passage of time means that some new categories had to be introduced (e.g. gender studies) whilst there was a tailing-off in other kinds of enquiry (style, sources, etc.). Essays in festschrifts and in themed collections of essays (forms of publication that have increased very rapidly over the last thirty years) are located by a brief reference to the volume in which they appear: the full reference will be found in Part XII.

An important use of the Bibliography to me over the years has been in advising students with guidance on reading. I hope undergraduate and graduate students, with a paper to write or a topic to research, will find it useful in the future.

  
**Contents:**

Part I General   
Part II Chaucer General   
Part III Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales   
Part IV Chaucer: Other Works   
Part V Gower   
Part VI Alliterative Poetry   
Part VII Romances Drama Lyrics   
Part VIII Early ME Poetry and Prose   
Part IX Religious and Didactic Literature   
Part X The 15th Century   
Part XI Manuscripts and Books   
Part XII Festschrifts & other collections

**Part I -- General**   
[I. General Medieval and General Medieval Literature ](/general-medieval-and-general-medieval-literature)  
[II. General Medieval English Lit. ](/general-medieval-english-lit)  
[III. Modern theoretical approaches; new historicism; cultural criticism ](/modern-theoretical-approaches-new-historicism-cultural-criticism)  
[IV. Medieval literary theory; allegory; rhetoric ](/medieval-literary-theory-allegory-rhetoric)  
[V. Manuscripts & Textual Criticism ](/manuscripts-textual-criticism)  
[VI. Orality, literacy, vernacularity ](/orality-literacy-vernacularity)  
[VII. History, society, culture -- General ](/history-society-culture-general)  
[VIII. History, society, culture -- England, pre-1400 \[see Doc.10 for 15th century\] ](/history-society-culture-england-1400)  
[IX. Religion and religious writing -- General ](/religion-and-religious-writing-general)  
[X. Religion and religious writing -- England ](/religion-and-religious-writing-england)  
[XI. Religion and religious writing -- women ](/religion-and-religious-writing-women)  
[XII. Women, marriage, children ](/women-marriage-children)  
[XIII. Feminism and gender studies ](/feminism-and-gender-studies)  
[XIV. Post-medieval and Victorian Scholarship & Medievalism (inc. Chaucer)](/post-medieval-and-victorian-scholarship-medievalism-inc-chaucer)

**Part II -- Chaucer General**   
[I. General ](/chaucer-general)  
[II. Manuscripts, Texts, Editing ](/chaucer-manuscripts-texts-editing-incl-cant-tales-and-troilus)  
[III. Language, Style, Metre ](/chaucer-language-style-metre)  
[IV. Audience, Narrator, Reception ](/chaucer-audience-narrator-reception)  
[V. Women/Feminism ](/chaucer-womenfeminism)  
[VI. Sources and literary background ](/chaucer-sources-and-literary-background)  
[VII. Life](/chaucer-life)

**Part III -- Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales**   
[I. Canterbury Tales--General ](/canterbury-tales-general)  
[II. General Prologue ](/general-prologue)  
[III. Knight's Tale (and Fragment I) ](/knights-tale-incl-fragment-i-general)  
[IV. Miller's Tale (and fabliaux in general) ](/millers-tale-also-fabliaux-general)  
[V. Reeve's Tale/Cook's Tale ](/reeves-tale-also-cooks-tale)  
[VI. Man of Law's Prologue & Tale ](/man-laws-prologue-and-tale)  
[VII. Wife of Bath's Prol & Tale (& `marriage group') ](/wife-baths-prologue-and-tale-and-marriage-group)  
[VIII. Friar's Tale ](/friars-tale)  
[IX. Summoner's Tale ](/summoners-tale)  
[X. Clerk's Tale ](/clerks-tale)  
[XI. Merchant's Tale](/merchants-tale)  
[XII. Squire's Tale ](/squires-tale)  
[XIII. Franklin's Tale (and 'romances' generally) ](/franklins-tale-and-romances-generally)  
[XIV. Physician's Tale ](/physicians-tale-and-fragment-vi)  
[XV. Pardoner's Prologue & Tale ](/pardoners-prologue-and-tale)  
[XVI. Tale of Sir Thopas ](/tale-sir-thopas-incl-studies-both-thopas-and-melibee)  
[XVII. Shipman's Tale (and Frag. VII generally) ](/shipmans-tale-and-fragment-vii-generally)  
[XVIII. Prioress's Tale ](/prioresss-tale)  
[XIX. Tale of Melibee ](/tale-melibee)  
[XX. Monk's Tale ](/monks-tale)  
[XXI. Nun's Priest's Tale ](/nuns-priests-tale)  
[XXII. Second Nun's Tale ](/second-nuns-tale-and-fragment-viii)  
[XXIII. Canon's Yeoman's Prologue & Tale ](/canons-yeomans-prologue-and-tale)  
[XXIV. Manciple's Tale ](/manciples-tale)  
XXV. [Parson's Tale and Retraction](/parsons-tale-and-retraction)

**Part IV -- Chaucer: Other Works**   
[I. Troilus & Criseyde ](/troilus-and-criseyde)  
[II. Book of the Duchess ](/book-duchess)  
[III. House of Fame ](/house-fame)  
[IV. Parliament of Fowls ](/parliament-fowls)  
[V. Legend of Good Women](/legend-good-women)  
[VI. Prose ](/prose-boece-and-astrolabe)  
[VII. Minor Poems (and `Shorter' Poems generally)](/minor-poems-and-shorter-poems-generally)

**Part V -- Gower**   
[I. Confessio Amantis ](/gower-confessio-amantis)  
[II. Other Works](/gower-other-works)

**Part VI -- Alliterative Poetry**   
[I. Alliterative Poetry - General ](/alliterative-poetry-general)  
[II. Morte Arthure ](/morte-arthure)  
[III. Winner & Waster ](/winner-and-waster)  
[IV. Parliament of the Three Ages ](/parliament-three-ages)  
[V. Other Alliterative Poems ](/other-alliterative-poems)  
[VI. Gawain and Green Knight ](/sir-gawain-and-green-knight)  
[VII. Pearl and the Pearl-Poet ](/pearl-and-pearl-poet)  
[VIII. Patience](/patience)  
[IX. Cleanness ](/cleanness)  
[X. St. Erkenwald ](/st-erkenwald)  
XI. Piers Plowman   
 [XIa Piers -- MSS & Texts ](/piers-plowman-manuscripts-and-texts)  
 [XIb Piers -- General Studies ](/piers-plowman-general-studies)  
 [XIc Piers -- Studies of Particular Passages](/piers-plowman-studies-particular-passages)

**Part VII -- Romances Drama Lyrics**   
[I. Romances -- General ](/romances-general)  
[II. Arthur & Arthurian Romance](/arthur-and-arthurian-romance)  
[III. Havelok and King Horn ](/havelok-and-king-horn)  
[IV. Sir Orfeo ](/sir-orfeo-0)  
[V. Other Romances ](/other-middle-english-romances)  
[VI. Drama -- General ](/drama-general)  
[VII. English Mystery Plays -- York ](/english-mystery-plays-york)  
[VIII. Eng. Myst. Plays -- Towneley (Wakefield) ](/english-mystery-plays-towneley-wakefield)  
[IX. Eng. Myst. Plays -- Chester ](/english-mystery-plays-chester)  
[X. Eng. Myst. Plays -- Ludus Coventriae (N-town) ](/english-mystery-plays-ludus-conventriae-n-town)  
[XI. Eng. Myst. Plays -- General & Non-Cycle ](/english-mystery-plays-general-and-non-cycle)  
[XII. Eng. Morality Plays ](/english-morality-plays)  
[XIII. Lyrics (incl. Short Misc. Poems) ](/lyrics-and-other-short-miscellaneous-poems)  
[XIV. Poems of Harley 2253](/poems-harley-2253)

**Part VIII -- Early ME poetry and prose**   
[I. Early ME Poetry and Prose ](/early-middle-english-poetry-and-prose-c-1350)  
[II. The Owl and the Nightingale ](/owl-and-nightingale)  
[III. Layamon's Brut ](/layamons-brut)  
[IV. Ancrene Wisse, Ancren Riwle and Katherine Group](/ancrene-wisse-ancren-riwle-and-katherine-group)

**Part IX -- Religious and Didactic Literature**   
[I. Saints' Lives ](/saints-lives)  
[II. Religious Prose and Poetry (specific texts) ](/religious-prose-and-poetry-specific-texts)  
[III. Didactic and Other Non-Religious Prose](/didactic-and-other-non-religious-prose)  
[IV. Preaching ](/preaching)  
[V. Wyclif and Lollardy ](/wycliffe-and-lollardy)  
[VI. Rolle](/rolle)  
[VII. Hilton; The Cloud of Unknowing ](/hilton-cloud-unknowing)  
[VIII. Julian ](/julian)  
[IX. Margery Kempe](/margery-kempe)

**Part X -- The 15th century**   
[I. 15th century - General ](/15th-century-general)  
[II. Lydgate ](/lydgate)  
[III. Hoccleve ](/thomas-hoccleve)  
[IV. Charles of Orleans ](/charles-orleans)  
[V. Robin Hood ](/robin-hood)  
[VI. English Chaucerians ](/english-chaucerians-imitations-and-continuations)  
[VII. Scots Poets ](/scots-poets-and-prose)  
[VIII. Henryson ](/henryson)  
[IX. Dunbar ](/dunbar)  
[X. Douglas ](/douglas)  
[XI. Malory](/malory)  
[XII. Late Medieval & Early Tudor ](/late-medieval-and-early-tudor)  
[XIII. Caxton ](/caxton)  
[XIV. Skelton](/skelton)

**Part XI -- Manuscripts and Books**   
[I. Book production, publishing, libraries, readers ](/book-production-publishing-libraries-readers)  
[II. Manuscripts: descriptions and newly discovered texts ](/manuscripts-descriptions-and-newly-discovered-texts)  
[III. Education & Universities](/education-and-universities)

[Part XII -- Festschrifts & other collections](/festschrifts-other-collections)

  
**Abbreviations:**

AL The Assembly of Ladies (poem)   
AN Anglo-Norman Ang Anglia (journal)   
AnnM Annuale Mediaevale (journal)   
AR Ancrene Riwle (Guide for Anchoresses)   
Archiv Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen   
AUP Associated University Presses   
AW Ancren Wisse (Anchoresses' Rule)   
BD The Book of the Duchess (poem by Chaucer)   
BJRL Bulletin of the John Rylands Library   
BL British Library, London   
BLJ British Library Journal   
BN Bibliothhque nationale, Paris   
CEMERS Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Binghamton)   
Ch Chaucer   
ChauR Chaucer Review   
ChYb Chaucer Yearbook   
CkT Cook's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
CL Comparative Literature (journal)   
CL The Court of Love (poem)   
Cl Cleanness (poem)   
ClkT Clerk's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
CA Confessio Amantis (poem by Gower)   
CT Canterbury Tales   
CUP Cambridge University Press   
CYP/T Canon's Yeoman's Prologue/Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
DUJ Durham University Journal   
E&S Essays & Studies (by Members of the English Association)   
EBS Early Book Society   
EC Essays in Criticism   
EHR English Historical Review  
El The Ellesmere MS of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales   
ELH English Literary History (journal)   
ELN English Language Notes   
ELS English Literary Studies (U.of Victoria, B.C.)   
EMS English Manuscript Studies   
ES English Studies   
Et.ang. Etudes anglaises Exemp Exemplaria (journal)   
FL The Flower and the Leaf (poem)   
FMLS Forum for Modern Language Studies   
FQ The Faerie Queene (poem by Spenser)   
FriT Friar's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
FrkT Franklin's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
F/S Festschrift   
GGK Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (poem)   
GP General Prologue (Canterbury Tales)   
HF The House of Fame (poem by Chaucer)   
Hg The Hengwrt MS of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales   
IMEV Index of Middle English Verse   
JEBS Journal of the Early Book Society   
JEGP Journal of English & Germanic Philology   
JHI Journal of the History of Ideas   
JMEMS Journal of Medieval & Early Modern Studies   
JMRS Journal of Medieval & Renaissance Studies   
KnT Knight's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
L Langland   
LGW The Legend of Good Women (poem by Chaucer)   
LSE Leeds Studies in English (University of Leeds)   
M&H Medievalia et Humanistica (journal)   
MA Morte Arthure (alliterative poem)   
MA Middle Ages   
MAE Medium Aevum   
MancT Manciple's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
MART Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching   
MC Medieval Cultures (series, University of Minnesota Press)   
ME Middle English med medieval   
Mel Tale of Melibee (Canterbury Tales)   
MeT Merchant's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
MET Middle English Texts (series)   
MillT Miller's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
MkT Monk's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
MLN Modern Language Notes   
MLP/T Man of Law's Prologue/Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
MLQ Modern Language Quarterly   
MLR Modern Language Review   
Mon Monograph   
Moyen A Le Moyen Age (journal)   
MP Modern Philology (journal)   
MRTS Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Toronto)   
MRTS Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Binghamton)   
MS Medieval Studies (Toronto)   
MSU Michigan State University   
Neoph Neophilologus (journal)   
NM Neuphilologische Mitteilungen (journal)   
NML New Medieval Literatures (journal)   
NMS Nottingham Medieval Studies (University of Nottingham)   
NPT Nun's Priest's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
NQ Notes & Queries   
NT New Testament   
NYUP New York University Press   
O&N The Owl and the Nightingale (poem)   
OE Old English   
OF Old French   
Orbis Orbis litterarum (journal)   
OT Old Testament   
OUP Oxford University Press   
P3A The Parliament of the Three Ages (poem)   
PardP/T Pardoner's Prologue/Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
ParsT Parson's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
Pat Patience (poem)   
PBA Proceedings of the British Academy   
PBSA Publications of the Bibliographical Society of America   
PF The Parliament of Fowls (poem by Chaucer)   
PhyT Physician's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
PMLA Publications of the Modern Language Association of America   
PP, PPl Piers Plowman (poem by Langland)   
PPC Pierce the Plowman's Crede (poem)   
PPS Piers Plowman Studies (publ.by Brewer)   
PQ Philological Quarterly   
PR The Peasants' Revolt of 1381   
PriT Prioress's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
RES Review of English Studies   
Ret Retraction (Canterbury Tales)   
RKP Routledge & Kegan Paul (publishers)   
RMS Reading Medieval Studies (University of Reading)   
Rom Romania (journal)   
RomPh Romance Philology   
RPhil Romance Philology   
RR Romanic Review   
RR Roman de la Rose (French poem)   
RvT Reeve's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
SAC Studies in the Age of Chaucer   
SB Studies in Bibliography   
SEL South English Legendary (verse collection)   
SEL Studies in English Literature   
SGGK Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (poem)   
ShipT Shipman's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
SIcon Studies in Iconography   
SMC Studies in Medieval Culture (series, U.Minnesota)   
SN Studia Neophilologica (journal)   
SNT Second Nun's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
SP Studies in Philology   
Spec Speculum (journal)   
STC Short Title Catalogue (of early printed books)   
StIcon Studies in Iconography   
StN Studia Neophilologica (journal)   
StRen Studies in the Renaissance   
Stud.med. Studi medievali (journal)   
SummT Summoner's Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
SUNY State University of New York   
TC The Testament of Cresseid (poem by Henryson)   
TC Troilus and Criseyde (poem by Chaucer)   
TEAMS Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages, Middle English Texts Series, published by Medieval Institute Publications of Western Michigan University, in association with the University of Rochester   
TCC Trinity College (Library), Cambridge   
TEBS Transactions of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society   
TG The Temple of Glass (poem by Lydgate)   
UNC University of North Carolina UP University Press   
UTQ University of Toronto Quarterly   
UWM University of Western Michigan (Kalamazoo)   
WBP/T Wife of Bath's Prologue/Tale (Canterbury Tales)   
WW Winner and Waster (poem)   
YES Yearbook of English Studies   
YLS Yearbook of Langland Studies   
YMT York Medieval Texts   
ZfFSL Zeitschrift für Französische Sprache und Literatur