Geoffrey Chaucer d. 1400
At CSU Geoffrey Chaucer (E460, a designated capstone course) is one of the major authors that may be studied as a required part of most of the degrees in English (Literature Concentration, Creative Writing Concentration, Writing Concentration, and English Education). This Web page has information to help researchers find materials related to Chaucer.
Books | Articles | Web | Poems | Related Materials
Books
Books are a key resource for literary research. Books by and about Geoffrey Chaucer can be found in Morgan Library between call numbers PR 1851 and PR 1951. They are located in the lower level (basement) of the building. There are over 12 shelves of books related to Chaucer.
Search SAGE for books about specific works. For example, to find books about Canterbury Tales, do a subject search for:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. Canterbury tales.Locate individual tales by:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. [individual tale name]
e.g. Chaucer Geoffrey D 1400 Wife Of Baths Tale
See also: Finding Literary Criticism in Books.
Articles
For literature, and therefore Chaucer, there are three indexes that provide the most sources for research on the author and his works. The indexes are MLA Bibliography, Academic Search Premier, and Humanities Index (Humanties Abstracts online).
Search the MLA Bibliography for articles, book chapters, etc. After finding a citation, check SAGE to see if CSU owns the journal or book.
To find resources about contemporary sources, search MLA for:
English-literature and 1100-1499 Middle English periodThere are many entries on Chaucer in MLA (numbers from August 2006):
The Canterbury Tales in SU Subjects-All 3967 [or DE "The Canterbury Tales" in Default fields find same items]
Chaucer Geoffrey in SA Primary Subject Author 7745You can limit your search by language of the article and type of source:
The Canterbury Tales in SU Subjects-All and English in LA Language 3867
The Canterbury Tales in SU Subjects-All and English in LA Language and Refine Search limit to Journal articles 2813Because there are so many records, narrow your search by topic. For example:
The Canterbury Tales in SU Subjects-All and English in LA Language and Refine Search limit to Journal articles and women 78
See Using MLA Bibliography to Find Sources on Shakespeare for MLA searching tips.
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Academic
Search Premier has citations to over 670 articles that have "CHAUCER, Geoffrey, d. 1400" as a subject. Over 330 of the articles are full
text. Over 310 of the full text articles are from scholarly journals.
A subject search for "CHAUCER, Geoffrey" brings up 50 records. The subject terms in this database are not as forgiving as the MLA which separates authors' names from the topic. Subject searches do not always bring up all the articles on that topic. For example, a subject search for DE "CANTERBURY Tales, The (Book)" pulls up 165 records (August 2006)--but there are many more articles on this topic that would be of interest to a researcher (a default fields search for "CANTERBURY Tales, The (Book)" brings up more than 192 records, 156 are scholarly)!
- Humanities Index (AI 3 .I495 Reference South 1974-98; online 1984- ) also has many entries
on Chaucer. Humanties
Abstracts is available online 1984- .
- Project MUSE has citiations to over 170 items with "Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400" as a LC Subject. All titles in Project MUSE are full text.
See also: Locating Literary Criticism in Journal Articles.
Web
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Geoffrey Chaucer biography. Catholic Encyclopedia.
One of the longer online biographies available about the poet.
Geoffrey Chaucer Biography. Bibliomania.
Also links to some full text version of selected works.
Geoffrey Chaucer Website Homepage. Harvard. © President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Life of Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, other authors, literary subjects, life and manners, science, language and linguistics, and more. Teach Yourself to Read Chaucer's Middle English (Larry D. Benson).
Geoffrey Chaucer (ca.1343-1400). Anthology of Middle English Literature. Luminarium.
The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer; The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer; Additional Sources; Essays on Chaucer;Geoffreychaucer.org
Chaucer in the Bookstore. Anthology of Middle English Literature page has links to information on contemporary authors.
An annotated guide to online sources. Categorizes sites on the Web by: background, bibliography, biography, commentary, images, language, links, outlines, reception, teaching, texts (Canterbury Tales full text).
Links to Chaucer Resources. The New Chaucer Society. Washington University in St. Louis.
Links to materials on Chaucer and to Medieval studies in general.
Chaucer Bibliography Online. Mark Allen, University of Texas at San Antonio.
Searchable bibliography. Search by author, title, subject heading, and expert keyword (and/or/not). Results include article summary. (Check SAGE to see if CSU owns the source.)
Selected Poetry Of Geoffrey Chaucer (C. 1343-1400).
Excerpts from Troilus and Criseyde as well as Canterbury Tales.
Poems
Gentilesse
Merciles Beaute: A Triple Roundel
Lak of Stedfastnesse: Balade
Chaucer works found in the Online Medieval and Classical Library. Douglas B. Killings and Roy Tennant, maintained by Roy Tennant. Berkeley Digital Library. © 1995. Individual titles have different editors and proofers.
The Parliament of Fowles
Book of the Duchesse
The Legend of Good Women
Troilus and Criseyde (entire work)
Troilus and Criseyde: Book I
Troilus and Criseyde: Book II
Troilus and Criseyde: Book III
Troilus and Criseyde: Book IV
Troilus and Criseyde: Book V
The House of Fame
Medieval Sourcebook: Geoffrey Chaucer, d. 1400: Canterbury Tales: Prologue [Parallel Texts]
Original and modern English version of the Prologue.
Related Materials on the Web
The Middle English Collection at the Electronic Text Center, UVa
Includes full text of Canterbury Tales.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook. Internet History Sourcebooks Project. History Department of Fordham University, New York.
Full text sources for Medieval history include: Church Councils; Writings of the Church Fathers; Late Antiquity; Byzantium; Islam; Historiography; Modern Historiography; Literary Texts: Latin, French, Italian, Spanish/Portuguese, Celtic, German, Nordic, English; Medieval Thought; Medieval Spiritual Writing; Governmental, Administrative and Legal Documents; Renaissance Texts; Reformation Texts; Catholic Reformation Texts; The Early Church Fathers Series - Ante-Nicene, Nicene, and Post Nicene.
Entries on many topics (full text).
See also Milton,
Poe, Dickinson & Wright,
William Carlos Williams and Wallace Stevens, Ezra
Pound (brief), and Shakespeare.