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Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)

RESOURCES:

Journal articles from academic databases (click here for section one).
Books. Print and electronic (eBooks) books (click here for section two).
Critical and biographical Web sites (click here for section three).

SECTION ONE: Journal articles from academic databases. <back to page top>

Literary topics are among the more difficult to research in online databases. To assist you in this, the following are specific recommendations regarding Geoffrey Chaucer.

DATABASE	SEARCH TERMS	RESULTS
Academic Search Premier	*geoffrey chaucer* Perform the basic search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full Text," and "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals."	Provides a large number of relevant items.
Arts & Sciences Collection	*geoffrey chaucer* JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details).	Provides a number of items reviews.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online	*chaucer, geoffrey* Perform the default search.	Provides a small number of poems.
Encyclopedia Britannica	*geoffrey chaucer* Perform the default search.	Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a number of Web sites.
Expanded Academic ASAP	*geoffrey chaucer* Perform the Keyword search, NOT the Subject search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search "to articles with text" and "to refereed publication."	Provides a large number of worthy items.
Literature Resource Center	*geoffrey chaucer* Perform the default (author) search. After you perform your search, select each of the tabs for biography, criticisms, Web links, and journal articles (many are full-text).	Provides a small number of quality documents.
netLibrary	*geoffrey chaucer* Perform the basic search and select the Full Text checkbox.	Provides a large number of eBooks that refer to the author, along with a few that focus on his life and works.
Research Library Complete	*geoffrey chaucer* Perform the basic search. Set the "Database" drop-down menu to "Interdisciplinary -Research Library." Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full text articles only" and "Scholarly journals."	Provides a good number of excellent items.
Scribner's	Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the *Chaucer, Geoffrey* link.	Provides an essay about the author and his works, along with a bibliography.
Sirs Renaissance	*geoffrey chaucer* Perform the "Quick Search."	Provides a small number of excellent items.
Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors	Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the *Chaucer, Geoffrey* link.	Provides a number of quality items.

SECTION TWO: Troy Library book holdings. <back to page top>

The following bibliography is for selected holdings. For complete holdings consult the Online Catalog.
Circulating books not available at your local library may be requested by interlibrary loan.
eBooks are electronic books that Troy makes available (immediately) to its users worldwide via the Internet.
Chaucer's major poetry
PR1851B3 1963
Location: Montgomery

Chaucer's Knight's tale and theories of scholastic psychology
PR1868K63R66 1990
Location: Troy, AL

Approaches to teaching Chaucer's Canterbury tales
PR1874G5 1942
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan; Montgomery; Phenix City

Chaucer and the imagery of narrative: the first five Canterbury tales
PR1875A44K64 1984
Location: Dothan

Chaucer A to Z: the essential reference to his life and works
Ref PR1903R67 1999
Location: Dothan

The life and times of Chaucer
PR1905G3 1978
Location: Troy, AL

The mind and art of Chaucer
PR1905T3 1966
Location: Dothan

A companion to Chaucer
PR1906.5C66 2000
Location: FWR; Dothan

Chaucer and the English tradition
PR1906.5R6 1972
Location: Dothan

Chaucer, a critical appreciation
PR1924B3 1958
Location: Dothan

A reader's guide to Geoffrey Chaucer
PR1924B6 1971
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan

Speaking of Chaucer
PR1924D6 1972
Location: Dothan

Chaucerian essays
PR1924G4 1968
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan

The learned and the lewed: studies in Chaucer and medieval literature
PR1924L35
Location: Troy, AL

Companion to Chaucer studies
PR1924R68 1979
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan

Chaucer criticism: an anthology
PR1924S37 v1, v2
Location: Phenix City

Beyond Canterbury: Chaucer, humanism and literature
PR1924T7 1977
Location: Phenix City

Chaucer: modern essays in criticism
PR1924W3 1959
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan

Chaucer and the fifteenth century
PR255B43 1970
Location: Montgomery

Troilus and Criseyde
Location: eBook

The Canterbury tales
Location: eBook

The legend of good women
Location: eBook

Geoffrey Chaucer
Location: eBook

The reference books are held by the Eglin Base Library and OWC Library (Niceville) and contain collections of criticism on the author’s works. Ask your library personnel how to use them.

SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>

Geoffrey Chaucer
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1343-1400)
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/chaucer.htm
Geoffrey Chaucer (1342/43-1400)
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/chaucer.htm
Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1340-1400
http://www.island-of-freedom.com/CHAUCER.HTM
Chaucer Metapage
http://www.unc.edu/depts/chaucer

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