Bibliographical Citations and Annotations

Bibliographical Citations and Annotations Bibliographies, Reports, and Reference 1. Allen, Mark, and Bege K. Bowers. ‘‘An Annotated Chaucer Bibliography , 1998.’’ SAC 22 (2000): 557–656. Continuation of SAC annual annotated bibliography (since 1975); based on contributions from an international bibliographic team, independent research, and MLA Bibliography listings. 337 items, plus listing of reviews for 77 books. Includes an author index. 2. Allen, Valerie, and Margaret Connolly. ‘‘Middle English: Chaucer .’’ YWES 78 (2000): 232–61. A discursive bibliography of Chaucer studies for 1997, divided into four subcategories: general, CT, TC, and other works. 3. Beidler, Peter G., and Elizabeth M. Biebel, eds. Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale: An Annotated Bibliography, 1900 to 1995. The Chaucer Bibliographies. Toronto, Buffalo, and London: University of Toronto Press, 1998. 1xiv, 358 pp. A comprehensive annotated bibliography of scholarly and critical discussion of WBPT, subdivided into the following categories: editions and translations (items 1–82), sources and analogues (items 83–206), the ‘‘Marriage Group’’ (items 207–56), Gentillesse (items 257–79), the Wife of Bath in GP (items 280–416), WBP (items 417–1066), and WBT (items 1067–1458). The items in each category are arranged by date of publication and cross-listed. Includes an index and a summary of critical trends. 4. Beidler, Peter G., and Martha A. Kalnin. ‘‘The Chaucer Review: An Indexed Bibliography, Vols. 1–30.’’ ChauR 31.2, Supplement (1996): i–viii, 1–80. Indexes by author and subject the contents of The Chaucer Review, 1966–96. The 798 entries are also published with annotations at ⬍http://www.baylor.edu/⬃Chaucer Bibliography/⬎. 5. Fisiak, J[acek]. ‘‘Studies in Old and Middle English Language in Poland (1900–2000).’’ SAP 35 (2000): 3–17. Includes several items on Chaucer. 6. Lindahl, Carl, John McNamara, and John Lindow, eds. Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs. 2 vols. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2000. xxxiv, x, 1135 pp.; b&w illus. Individual entries on topics from ‘‘Accused Queen’’ to ‘‘Zither’’ 467 STUDIES IN THE AGE OF CHAUCER include brief descriptions and, when appropriate, bibliography. One entry on Chaucer (1.167–73); multiple references to motifs in his works, especially in CT. 7. Raybin, David. ‘‘Bibliography of Scholarship Treating The Parson’s Tale.’’ In David Raybin and Linda Tarte Holley, eds. Closure in The Canterbury Tales: The Role of The Parson’s Tale (SAC 24 [2002], no. 337), pp. 209–52. A ‘‘full’’ bibliography of scholarly work on ParsT; includes 175 annotated entries, each with a bibliographic citation and a description . 8. Sutton, Marilyn, ed. Chaucer’s Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale: An Annotated Bibliography, 1900 to 1995. The Chaucer Bibliographies, no. 7. Toronto, Buffalo, and London: University of Toronto Press, 2000. lii, 445 pp. A comprehensive annotated bibliography of scholarly and critical discussion of PardPT, subdivided into the following categories: editions (126 items); bibliographies, indexes, and textual studies (56 items); sources, analogues, and influences (82 items); the Pardoner in GP (305 items); PardP (95 items); PardT (550 items). The items in each category are arranged by date of publication and cross-listed. Includes an index and a summary of critical trends. 9. Sylvester, Louise, and Jane Roberts. Middle English Word Studies: A Word and Author Index. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2000. x, 322 pp. An annotated bibliography of studies that pertain to Middle English words and word groups, especially studies that go beyond information available in the Middle English Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary . Includes studies of lexicon, word play, and oaths. Excludes studies of personal and place names, except for personifications or puns. Focuses on essays and journal articles published since 1950. Arranged alphabetically by author; includes two word indices. See also no. 57. Chaucer’s Life 10. Cannon, Christopher. ‘‘Chaucer and Rape: Uncertainty’s Certainties .’’ SAC 22 (2000): 67–92. We remain uncertain about the meaning of Cecily Chaumpaigne’s release of Chaucer from a charge of rape, but the topic of rape (and forced marriage) in Chaucer’s poetry reflects his sensitivity to the complex ‘‘definitional problems’’ of raptus. Chaucer explores the fine line between consent and ‘‘nonconsent’’ in TC, SNT, 468 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CITATIONS AND ANNOTATIONS and elsewhere, and his exploration...