We have several more specialized databases to consider. FirstSearch provides access to
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A search in the FirstSearch Humanities Index for 'gentilesse' produces a single article:
+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * List of Records * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * + DATABASE: HumanitiesIn LIMITED TO: SEARCH: su:gentilesse FOUND 1 Records ____NO.__SOURCE_____________TITLE_______________________________________YEAR | | 1 Rev Engl Stud The 'firste stok' in Chaucer's Gentiles 1989 |_____________________________________________________________________________ RECORD NUMBER (or Action): * * * * * * * * * * * * * Full Record Display * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * DATABASE: HumanitiesIn LIMITED TO: SEARCH: su:gentilesse Record 1 of 1__YOUR LIBRARY (VLW) MAY OWN THIS ITEM_(Page 1 of 2) | | AUTHOR: Allen, Valerie. | TITLE: The 'firste stok' in Chaucer's Gentilesse: barking up the | right tree. | SOURCE: The Review of English Studies ns40 (Nov. '89) p. 531-6 | STANDARD NO: 0034-6551 | DATE: 1989 | PLACE: United Kingdom | LANGUAGE: English | RECORD TYPE: art | CONTENTS: feature article | SUBJECT: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 - Works - Gentilesse. | Ballades. | Genealogy in literature. | Jesus Christ in literature. | LIBRARIES: VA MMV PYY PZH PZR PZX VA@ VAQ VCV VEH VGM VHC VHP VIA VIC VLB | VLC VLR VLW VMB VMC VMI VMW VNS VOD VPI VRA VRC VRM VRO VRU | VSB VSC VWM(note the 3-letter symbols for [Virginia] libraries which have the journal in question, and that VLW is one of them; this does not guarantee that the libraries listed have THIS ISSUE of the journal)
The same search in the MLA is more fruitful:
DATABASE: MLA LIMITED TO:
SEARCH: su:gentilesse FOUND 17 Records
____NO.__TITLE__________________________________________AUTHOR___________YEAR
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| 1 Ein Kunstpladoyer als 'Botenbericht': Alle... Brandt, Rudiger 1988
| 2 The 'Firste Stok' in Chaucer's Gentilesse:... Allen, Valerie 1989
| 3 Aspects of Gentilesse in John Gower's Conf... Olsson, Kurt 1989
| 4 Chaucer's Notion of 'Gentilesse' in Boece Ono, Mana 1986
| 5 Chaucer and Gentilesse Gray, Douglas 1987
| 6 Love and Degree in the Franklin's Tale Fyler, John M. 1987
| 7 ('Gentilesse') 1980
| 8 The Gentilesse of Chaucer's Franklin Carruthers, Mar 1981
| 9 Gentilesse in Chaucer's Clerk's and Mercha... Levy, Bernard S 1977
| 10 'Calle It Gentilesse': A Comparative Study... Ellis, Deborah 1977
| 11 The Clerk's Tale: An Obituary to Gentilesse. Fichte, Joerg O 1973
| 12 'Straw for Youre Gentilesse': The Gentle F... Duncan, Charles 1970
| 13 Chaucer's Gentilesse: A Forgotten Manuscri... Davis, Norman 1969
| 14 Chaucer's Fortune, Truth, and Gentilesse: ... Nichols, Robert 1969
| 15 The Evolution of a Concept: Gentilesse in ... Schaefer, Wille 1967
| 16 'Gentilesse' and the Franklin's Tale Mann, Lindsay A 1966
| 17 Gentilesse in Chaucer's Troilus Gaylord, Alan T 1964
Here are full records for several:
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DATABASE: MLA LIMITED TO:
SEARCH: su:gentilesse
Record 2 of 17__YOUR LIBRARY (VLW) MAY OWN THIS ITEM____(Page 1 of 3)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 89-1-485. Record: 18733.
|UPDATE CODE: 8901
| AUTHOR: Allen, Valerie
| TITLE: The 'Firste Stok' in Chaucer's Gentilesse: Barking up the
| Right Tree
| YEAR: 1989
| SOURCE: Review of English Studies: A Quarterly Journal of English
| Literature and the English Language (RES), Oxford OX2 6DP,
| England.
| Article in: vol. 40 no. 160, 1989 Nov.
| PAGES: 531-537
|STANDARD NO: ISSN 0034-6551
| LANGUAGE: English
| PUB TYPE: journal article
|DESCRIPTORS: English literature; 1100-1499 Middle English period; Chaucer,
| Geoffrey; Gentilesse; poetry; tree imagery; relationship to
| heredity
(compare the above with the Humanities Index record --MLA gives more
detail and has more elaborate descriptors)
Record 4 of 17_____LIBRARIES AT END OF RECORD__________(Page 1 of 2)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 87-1-421. Record: 36759.
|UPDATE CODE: 8701
| AUTHOR: Ono, Mana
| TITLE: Chaucer's Notion of 'Gentilesse' in Boece
| YEAR: 1986
| SOURCE: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature
| (SMELL), Tokyo 157, Japan.
| Article in: vol. 1, 1986
| PAGES: 93-105
|STANDARD NO: ISSN 0913-1507
| LANGUAGE: Japanese
| PUB TYPE: journal article
|DESCRIPTORS: English literature; 1100-1499 Middle English period; Chaucer,
| Geoffrey; Boece; prose; treatment of gentilesse
| LIBRARIES: CA huv
| MI EXW
| EU cud
(the above would be of little use unless you read Japanese, and only a
single library [EXW is Western Michigan University, in Kalamazoo] ls a
'lender')
Record 5 of 17__________________________________________(Page 1 of 2)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 87-1-309. Record: 34664.
|UPDATE CODE: 8701
| AUTHOR: Gray, Douglas
| TITLE: Chaucer and Gentilesse. Seventeen Papers Read at Centenary
| Conf., Groningen, 15-16 Jan. 1986
| YEAR: 1987
| SOURCE: Bunt, G. H. V. (ed. & pref.); Kooper, E. S. (ed.); Mackenzie,
| J. L. (ed.); Wilkinson, D. R. M. (ed.). One Hundred Years of
| English Studies in Dutch Universities. Amsterdam: Rodopi,
| 1987. vii, 274 pp.
| PAGES: 1-27
| SERIES: Costerus: Essays in English and American Language and
| Literature (Costerus), University Park, PA. Series No: 64
|STANDARD NO: ISSN 0165-9618
| LANGUAGE: English
| PUB TYPE: book article
|DESCRIPTORS: English literature; 1100-1499 Middle English period; Chaucer,
| Geoffrey; The Canterbury Tales; poetry; treatment of
| gentilesse
Record 6 of 17__YOUR LIBRARY (VLW) MAY OWN THIS ITEM____(Page 1 of 2)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 87-1-339. Record: 32765.
|UPDATE CODE: 8701
| AUTHOR: Fyler, John M.
| TITLE: Love and Degree in the Franklin's Tale
| YEAR: 1987
| SOURCE: The Chaucer Review: A Journal of Medieval Studies and Literary
| Criticism (ChauR), University Park, PA.
| Article in: vol. 21 no. 3, 1987
| PAGES: 321-337
|STANDARD NO: ISSN 0009-2002
| LANGUAGE: English
| PUB TYPE: journal article
|DESCRIPTORS: English literature; 1100-1499 Middle English period; Chaucer,
| Geoffrey; The Canterbury Tales; The Franklin's Tale; poetry;
| treatment of social class; gentilesse
Record 8 of 17_____LIBRARIES AT END OF RECORD__________(Page 1 of 2)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 81-1-348. Record: 18404.
|UPDATE CODE: 8101
| AUTHOR: Carruthers, Mary J.
| TITLE: The Gentilesse of Chaucer's Franklin
| YEAR: 1981
| SOURCE: Criticism: A Quarterly for Literature and the Arts
| (Criticism), Detroit, MI.
| Article in: vol. 23 no. 4, 1981 Fall
| PAGES: 283-300
|STANDARD NO: ISSN 0011-1589
| LANGUAGE: English
| PUB TYPE: journal article
|DESCRIPTORS: English literature; 1100-1499 Middle English period; Chaucer,
| Geoffrey; The Canterbury Tales; The Franklin's Tale; poetry;
| characterization; treatment of the Franklin (character);
| relationship to social classes; feudalism; morality;
| historical approach
Record 9 of 17__________________________________________(Page 1 of 2)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 78-1-3516. Record: 769.
| AUTHOR: Levy, Bernard S.
| TITLE: Gentilesse in Chaucer's Clerk's and Merchant's Tales
| YEAR: 1977
| SOURCE: The Chaucer Review: A Journal of Medieval Studies and Literary
| Criticism, University Park, PA.
| Article in: vol. 11, 1977
| PAGES: 306-18
| LANGUAGE: English
| PUB TYPE: journal article
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Record 10 of 17__________________________________________(Page 1 of 2)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 77-1-2667. Record: 28910.
| AUTHOR: Ellis, Deborah
| TITLE: 'Calle It Gentilesse': A Comparative Study of Two Medieval Go-
| Betweens
| YEAR: 1977
| SOURCE: Comitatus: Studies in Old and Middle English Literature, Los
| Angeles, CA.
| Article in: vol. 8, 1977
| PAGES: 1-13
| LANGUAGE: English
| PUB TYPE: journal article
|DESCRIPTORS: English literature; Chaucer, Geoffrey; 1100-1499 Middle
| English period; Troilus and Criseyde
| Spanish literature; 400-1499 Medieval period; Celestina,La
| Spanish literature; 400-1499 Medieval period; Rojas, Fernando
| de
Record 11 of 17__________________________________________(Page 1 of 2)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 73-1-2810. Record: 2807.
| AUTHOR: Fichte, Joerg O.
| TITLE: The Clerk's Tale: An Obituary to Gentilesse.
| YEAR: 1973
| SOURCE: Johnson, William C.,Jr., Gruber, Loren C.. New Views on
| Chaucer:Essays in Generative Criticism.. Denver, Colo.: Soc.
| for New Lang. Study, 1973. 50 pp.
| PAGES: 9-16
| LANGUAGE: English
| PUB TYPE: book article
Record 12 of 17__________________________________________(Page 1 of 2)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 71-1-2135. Record: 65.
| AUTHOR: Duncan, Charles F.,Jr.
| TITLE: 'Straw for Youre Gentilesse': The Gentle Franklin's
| Interruption of the Squire.
| YEAR: 1970
| SOURCE: The Chaucer Review: A Journal of Medieval Studies and Literary
| Criticism, University Park, PA.
| Article in: vol. 5, 1970
| PAGES: 161-64
| PUB TYPE: journal article
Record 13 of 17__YOUR LIBRARY (VLW) MAY OWN THIS ITEM____(Page 1 of 2)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 69-1-2074. Record: 2044.
| AUTHOR: Davis, Norman
| TITLE: Chaucer's Gentilesse: A Forgotten Manuscript, with Some
| Proverbs
| YEAR: 1969
| SOURCE: Review of English Studies: A Quarterly Journal of English
| Literature and the English Language, Oxford OX2 6DP, England.
| Article in: vol. 20, 1969
| PAGES: 43-50
|STANDARD NO: ISSN 0034-6551
Record 14 of 17__YOUR LIBRARY (VLW) MAY OWN THIS ITEM____(Page 1 of 2)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 69-1-2128. Record: 2098.
| AUTHOR: Nichols, Robert E., Jr.
| TITLE: Chaucer's Fortune, Truth, and Gentilesse: The 'Last'
| Unpublished Manuscript Transcriptions
| YEAR: 1969
| SOURCE: Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies, Cambridge, MA.
| Article in: vol. 44, 1969
| PAGES: 46-50
|STANDARD NO: ISSN 0038-7134
| LANGUAGE: English
Record 15 of 17__________________________________________(Page 1 of 2)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 67-5688. Record: 5771.
| AUTHOR: Schaefer, Willene
| TITLE: The Evolution of a Concept: Gentilesse in Chaucer's Poetry
| YEAR: 1967
| SOURCE: Dissertation Abstracts, Ann Arbor, MI.
| Article in: vol. 27, 1967
| PAGES: 3850A-3851A
| LANGUAGE: English
| PUB TYPE: journal article
|DESCRIPTORS: English literature; Chaucer, Geoffrey; 1100-1499 Middle
(It's useful to know about the above example, but it's a dissertation and
as such might be difficult to obtain by InterLibrary Loan)
Record 16 of 17__YOUR LIBRARY (VLW) MAY OWN THIS ITEM____(Page 1 of 2)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 67-5666. Record: 5749.
| AUTHOR: Mann, Lindsay A.
| TITLE: 'Gentilesse' and the Franklin's Tale
| YEAR: 1966
| SOURCE: Studies in Philology, Chapel Hill, NC.
| Article in: vol. 63, 1966
| PAGES: 10-29
|STANDARD NO: ISSN 0039-3738
| LANGUAGE: English
| PUB TYPE: journal article
Record 17 of 17__YOUR LIBRARY (VLW) MAY OWN THIS ITEM____(Page 1 of 2)
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| NUMBER: Accession: 64-2838. Record: 4581.
| AUTHOR: Gaylord, Alan T.
| TITLE: Gentilesse in Chaucer's Troilus
| YEAR: 1964
| SOURCE: Studies in Philology, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3520.
| Article in: vol. 61, 1964
| PAGES: 19-34
|STANDARD NO: ISSN 0039-3738
| LANGUAGE: English
| PUB TYPE: journal article
Arts & Humanities Search (a citation index) yields a
different sort of information, indicating who an author has cited. This
information CAN be very useful in finding relevant sources: + * * * * * * * * * * * * * List of Records * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * + DATABASE: A&H Search LIMITED TO: SEARCH: su:gentilesse FOUND 2 Records ____NO.__TITLE__________________________________________AUTHOR_________YEAR_ | | 1 THE FIRSTE-STOK IN CHAUCER 'GENTILESSE' - ... ALLEN V 1989 | 2 THE GENTILESSE OF CHAUCER FRANKLIN CARRUTHERS MJ 1981 |_____________________________________________________________________________ * * * * * * * * * * * * * Full Record Display * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * DATABASE: A&H Search LIMITED TO: SEARCH: su:gentilesse Record 1 of 2__________________________________________(Page 1 of 4) | |Genuine Art. No.: CF837 | Title: THE FIRSTE-STOK IN CHAUCER 'GENTILESSE' - BARKING UP THE | RIGHT TREE | Author: ALLEN V | Doc. Type: NOTE | Language: ENGLISH | Year: 1989 | No. of Ref.: 0023 | Journal: REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES, V40, N160, 1989. P531-537 | Journal Subject: LITERATURE (PA) | Cited Reference: IN PRAISE OF MARY | BOUTELL C, 1883, ENGLISH HERALDRY | BRUSENDORFF A, 1925, CHAUCER TRADITION | CHANCE J, 1986, CHAUCER REV, V20, P235 | CHAUCER G, GENTILESSE | CUSSANS JE, 1882, HDB HERALDRY | DANTE ALIGHIERI, CONVIVIO | DAVIES RT, 1963, MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LYR | FISHER JH, 1981, NEW PERSPECTIVES CHA, P177 | FRIEDMAN AB, 1958, MAE, V27, P95 | GARMONSWAY GN, 1972, ANGLOSAXON CHRONICLE | KIKENHEIM L, 1963, GUIDE LITTERATURE FR | MALORY T, QUEST FOR HOLY GRAIL | PACE GB, 1982, VARIORUM CHAUCER | ROBBINS RH, 1979, COMPANION CHAUCER ST, P380 | ROBBINS RH, 1980, INTERPRETATION MEDIE, P205 | SCGAN H, MORAL BALADE | SCHLESS H, 1960, CRITICAL APPROACHES, P134 | SKEAT WW, 1897, S WORKS G CHAUCER CH | STEVICK RD, 1966, MP, V64, P103 | STJOHNHOPE WH, 1953, GRAMMAR ENGLISH HERA | WEISS A, 1985, CHAUCERS NATIVE HERI | WILKINS N, 1969, 100 BALLADES RONDEAU * * * * * * * * * * * * * Full Record Display * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * DATABASE: A&H Search LIMITED TO: SEARCH: su:gentilesse Record 2 of 2__________________________________________(Page 1 of 5) | |Genuine Art. No.: ND277 | Title: THE GENTILESSE OF CHAUCER FRANKLIN (FUNCTION OF CHARACTER | IN 'CANTERBURY TALES') | Author: CARRUTHERS MJ | Address: (REPRINT) UNIV ILLINOIS, CHICAGO, IL 60680 | Doc. Type: ARTICLE | Language: ENGLISH | Year: 1981 | Country: USA | No. of Ref.: 0033 | Journal: CRITICISM-A QUARTERLY FOR LITERATURE AND THE ARTS, V23, | N4, 1981 | Journal Subject: LITERATURE (PA) | Cited Reference: SIR GAWAIN AND GREEN | BEAN JMW, 1968, DECLINE ENGLISH FEUD | BERGER H, 1966, CHAUCER REV, V1 | BLOOMFIELD MW, 1952, J ENGLISH GERMANIC P, V51 | BREWER DS, 1968, SPECULUM, V43 | CHAUCER G, CANTERBURY TALES | CHAUCER G, FRANKLINS TALE | CHRETIEN TROYES, CHEVALIER DE LA CHAR | CHRETIEN TROYES, EREC ET ENIDE | COLVIN HM, 1958, MEDIEVAL ENGLAND, V1 | DENHOLMYOUNG N, 1969, COUNTRY GENTRY 14TH | GEROULD GH, 1926, PMLA, V41 | GROSSETESTE R, RULES | HARVEY S, 1976, PEASANTS KNIGHTS HER | HILTON RH, 1976, PEASANTS KNIGHTS HER | LANGLAND W, PIERS PLOWMAN | LUENGO A, 1978, JEGP, V77 | LUMIANSKY RM, 1951, U TORONTO Q, V20 | MORGAN G, 1977, MEDIUM AEVUM, V46 | OSCHINSKY D, 1971, WALTER HENLEY OTHER | PEARCY RH, 1973, CHAUCER REV, V8 | PICHON J, MENAGIER PARIS | PLATT C, 1978, MEDIEVAL ENGLAND | PLUCKNETT TFP, 1956, CONCISE HIST COMMON | POLLOCK F, 1895, HIST ENGLISH LAW TIM, V1 | POWER E, 1928, GOODMAN OF PARIS | RUSSELL J, 1868, BABEES BOOK, V32 | TATLOCK JSP, 1911, SCENE FRANKLINS TALE | THRUPP SL, 1948, MERCHANT CLASS MEDIE | WHITE GM, 1974, PMLA, V89 | WILLIAMS G, 1963, MEDIEVAL LONDON | WOOD C, 1966, PHILOLOGICAL Q, V45 | WRIGHT T, 1906, BOOK KNIGHT TOUR LAN, V33