GEOFFREY CHAUCER
Scope|Circulating
Books|Periodicals,
Journals, & Trade Publications|Web Sites
SCOPE: Geoffrey Chaucer was referred to as the greatest poet of medieval England. His poetry incorporates several different styles including lyrics, allegories, bawdy jokes,, and long romances. He is perhaps best known for The Canterbury Tales, a collection of tales reflecting the cultural, social, and intellectual trends of his time. (Magill, Critical Survey of Poetry)
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Books of Geoffrey Chaucer’s works are listed in our on-line catalog under
“Chaucer, Geoffrey,” and under individual titles.
Books written by and about Geoffrey Chaucer have the call number(s)
PR 1906, PR 1905, PR 1933, PR 1868. |
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Some representative books from the circulating collection located upstairs in the library are:
George, Jodi-Anne. Geoffrey Chaucer:
The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.
Hanawalt, Barbara A. Chaucer’s England:
Literature in Historical Context. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1992.
Patterson, Lee. Chaucer and the
Subject of History. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press, 1991.
Richmond, Velma Bourgeois. Geoffrey
Chaucer. New York: Continuum, 1992.
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the links for a list of full text journals
available through our databases in:
WEB SITES
Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu
Authored by Alan Liu from the University of California, this is an excellent and very comprehensive literature site with links to thousands of web sites in all areas of the humanities. Easily accessed and easy to navigate. The homepage links to menus from 25 areas, from anthropology to women's studies.
Literary Resources on the Net
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Covers the major internet resources in the field, including authors, movements, and collections of electronic literary texts. Essential to researchers in English or American literature.
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02/08/2007
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