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HU INDEX: LIST OF ITEMS RETRIEVED 250 items retrieved by your search: FIND KW CHAUCER ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AND WITH THIS SWERD SHAL I SLEN ENVIE GEOFFREY CHAUCER AND THE EMERGENCE OF POPULAR SCIENCE 1 pinch peter dugan/ 1994 bks CHAUCERS CLERKS TALE THE GRISELDA STORY RECEIVED REWRITTEN ILLUSTRATED 2 bronfman judith/ 1994 bks CHAUCERS OVIDIAN ARTS OF LOVE 3 calabrese michael a/ 1994 bks CHAUCERS HUMOR CRITICAL ESSAYS 4 jost jean e/ 1994 bks FEMINIST READINGS IN MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE THE WIFE OF BATH AND ALL HER SECT 5 evans ruth 1954/ 1994 bks CHAUCER AT WORK THE MAKING OF THE CANTERBURY TALES 6 brown peter 1948/ 1994 bks LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN 7 chaucer geoffrey d 1400/ 1994 bks CHAUCER RESOURCE BOOK 8 bisson lillian/ 1994 bks RHYME CONCORDANCE TO THE POETICAL WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER 9 oizumi akio 1935/ 1994 bks MANLY RICKERT TEXT OF THE CANTERBURY TALES 10 ramsey roy vance 1933/ 1994 bks CHAUCERS HOUSE OF FAME THE POETICS OF SKEPTICAL FIDEISM 11 delany sheila/ 1994 bks CHAUCERS REHERSYNGES THE PERFORMABILITY OF THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN 12 quinn william a 1951/ 1994 bks GENDER AND ROMANCE IN CHAUCERS CANTERBURY TALES 13 crane susan/ 1994 bks NAKED TEXT CHAUCERS LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN 14 delany sheila/ 1994 bks STUDIES IN TROILUS CHAUCERS TEXT METER AND DICTION 15 barney stephen a/ 1993 bksA more useful search is SU CHAUCER --which yields a pretty complete mapping of the topics into which Chaucer Studies are subdivided by the Library of Congress. Note that there's a total number of books 'about' Chaucer (1153), and that the left-most number indicates the range of numbers for each subject heading (4-224 are 'general' Chaucer books; 233-258 are Chaucer bibliography, etc.):
HU GUIDE: SUBJECT HEADING LIST 1153 items retrieved by
your search: FIND SU CHAUCER
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1 CHAUCER FAMILY
3 CHAUCER GEOFFREY
4 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400
225 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --ADAPTATIONS
227 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --AESTHETICS
228 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --APPRECIATION --ENGLAND
229 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --APPRECIATION --GREAT BRITAIN --HISTORY --18TH
CENTURY
230 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --AUTHORSHIP
233 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --BIBLIOGRAPHY
259 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --BIOGRAPHY
273 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --BIOGRAPHY --SOURCES
276 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CHARACTERS
280 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CHARACTERS --CLERGY
281 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CHARACTERS --FRANKLIN
282 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CHARACTERS --KNIGHT
283 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CHARACTERS --SAINTS
284 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CHARACTERS --WOMEN
292 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CHRONOLOGY
295 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CHRONOLOGY OF WORKS
297 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CONCORDANCES
307 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CONGRESSES
309 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CONTEMPORARIES
310 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CONTEMPORARY ENGLAND
326 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION
459 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION --BIBLIOGRAPHY
460 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION --CONGRESSES
461 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION --HISTORY
464 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --CRITICISM TEXTUAL
466 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --DICTIONARIES
467 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --DICTIONARIES INDEXES ETC
470 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --DISCOGRAPHY
471 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --EDITORS
474 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --ETHICS
476 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --GLOSSARIES ETC
479 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --HANDBOOKS MANUALS ETC
481 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --HUMOR
484 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --ILLUSTRATIONS
486 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --INFLUENCE
494 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --INFLUENCE --SCOTT
495 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --INFLUENCE --SHAKESPEARE
498 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --INFLUENCE --SHAKESPEARE --CONGRESSES
499 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE
500 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --ASTROLOGY
501 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --ASTRONOMY
503 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --CLASSICAL LITERATURE
504 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --ECONOMICS
505 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --FOLKLORE MYTHOLOGY
506 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --FOLKLORE MYTHOLOGY
509 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --GEOGRAPHY
510 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --HISTORY
512 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --ITALY
515 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES
517 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --LAW
518 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --LITERATURE
532 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
535 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --MUSIC
538 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --OCCULTISM
542 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --PERFORMING ARTS
543 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --PSYCHOLOGY
544 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --SCIENCE
545 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE --ZOOLOGY
546 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING
548 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --LANGUAGE
549 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --LANGUAGE
602 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --LANGUAGE --GLOSSARIES ETC
605 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --LANGUAGE --GRAMMAR
608 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --LANGUAGE --PRONUNCIATION
610 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --LIBRARY RESOURCES --PENNSYLVANIA --PHILADELPHIA
611 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --MANUSCRIPTS
620 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --MANUSCRIPTS --FACSIMILES
632 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --MUSICAL SETTINGS
636 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --PERIODICALS
640 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --PHILOSOPHY
645 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --PLOTS
646 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --POLITICAL AND SOCIAL VIEWS
654 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --PORT
655 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --PORTRAITS
656 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --PSYCHOLOGY
657 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --QUOTATIONS
658 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --QUOTATIONS
660 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --RELIGION
667 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --RELIGION AND ETHICS
672 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --SOCIETIES
673 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --SOCIETIES PERIODICALS ETC
674 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --SOURCES
706 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --SOURCES --BIBLIOGRAPHY
707 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --STUDY AND TEACHING
710 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --STYLE
723 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --SYMBOLISM
727 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --SYMBOLISM --CONGRESSES
728 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --TECHNIQUE
750 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 --VERSIFICATION
778 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 ASSEMBLY OF LADIES --CONCORDANCES
779 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 BOETHIUS
780 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 BOKE OF THE DUCHESSE
781 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 BOOK OF THE DUCHESS
783 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 BOOK OF THE DUCHESSE
789 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 BOOKE OF THE DUCHESSE
791 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANON
794 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES
902 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES --CRITICISM TEXTUAL
906 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES --CRITICISM TEXTUAL --STATISTICAL
METHODS
907 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES --ILLUSTRATIONS
909 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES --MANUSCRIPTS
918 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES --SOURCES
927 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES --TEXTS
928 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES CLERKS TALE
930 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES KNIGHTS TALE
933 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES MAN OF LAWS TALE
934 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES MERCHANTS TALE
935 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES MILLERS TALE
937 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES NUNS PRIESTS TALE
938 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES PARDONERS TALE
939 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES PARSONS TALE
941 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES PRIORESS TALE
943 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES PROLOGUE
952 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES PROLOGUE --CRITICISM TEXTUAL
953 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES REEVES TALE
954 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES SHIPMANS TALE
957 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES SQUIRES TALE
960 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CANTERBURY TALES WIFE OF BATHS TALE
962 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CHAUCERS BOOK OF THE DUCHESS
963 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CHAUCERS PROLOGUE
964 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CLERKS PROLOGUE AND TALE
965 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 CLERKS TALE
969 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 ENVOY A BUKTON
970 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 FLOURE AND THE LEAFE --CONCORDANCES
971 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 FLOWER AND THE LEAF
972 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 FRANKLINS TALE
976 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 GENERAL PROLOGUE
977 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 GENERAL PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES
978 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 GENERAL PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES AND THE
CANONS YEOMANS PROLOGUE AND TALE
979 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 GEOFFREY CHAUCERS THE GENERAL PROLOGUE TO THE
CANTERBURY TALES
980 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 HOUS OF FAME
982 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 HOUSE OF FAME
993 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 KNIGHTS TALE
1006 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 KNIGHTS TALE --BIBLIOGRAPHY
1007 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 KNIGHTS TALE --SOURCES
1008 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN
1027 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN --CRITICISM TEXTUAL
1028 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN --SOURCES
1029 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 MANCIPLES TALE
1030 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 MERCHANTS TALE
1031 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 MERCILES BEAUTE
1032 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 MILLERS TALE
1037 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 MINOR POEMS
1039 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 NUNS PRIESTS PROLOGUE TALE
1040 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 NUNS PRIESTS TALE
1042 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 PARDONERS PROLOGUE AND TALE
1043 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 PARDONERS TALE
1045 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 PARLAMENT OF FOULES
1046 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 PARLEMENT OF FOULES
1048 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 PARLIAMENT OF FOWLS
1053 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 PARSONS TALE
1056 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 PARSONS TALE --SOURCES
1058 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 PHYSICIANS TALE
1059 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 PRIORESS TALE
1060 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 PRIORESSS TALE
1062 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES
1063 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 REEVES TALE
1064 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE
1065 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 SECOND NUNS TALE
1067 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 SHIPMANS TALE
1068 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 SIR THOPAS
1069 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 SPURIOUS AND DOUBTFUL WORKS ASSEMBLY OF LADIES
1070 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 SPURIOUS AND DOUBTFUL WORKS ISLE OF LADIES
1072 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 SQUIRES TALE
1079 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 TROILUS AND CRISEYDE
1133 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 TROILUS AND CRISEYDE --BIBLIOGRAPHY
1134 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 TROILUS AND CRISEYDE --SOURCES
1138 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 WIFE OF BATH PROLOGUE AND TALE
1139 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 WIFE OF BATHS PROLOGUE AND TALE AND THE CLERKS
PROLOGUE AND TALE
1140 CHAUCER GEOFFREY D 1400 WIFE OF BATHS TALE
1148 CHAUCER GEOFFROY D 1400
1149 CHAUCER JEFFREY D 1400
1150 CHAUCER THOMAS 1367 1434
Thus, a SUBJECT search can suggest approaches we might not have
considered (like statistical methods in textual criticism) and
generally broaden our notions of what Chaucer is all about.It's interesting that a search for KW GENTILESSE yields only 5 items:
HU INDEX: LIST OF ITEMS RETRIEVED 5 items retrieved by your search: FIND KW GENTILESSE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MINOR POEMS 1 chaucer geoffrey d 1400/ 1982 bks PARALLEL TEXT EDITION OF CHAUCERS MINOR POEMS 2 chaucer geoffrey d 1400/ 1967 bks 3 chaucer geoffrey d 1400/ 1871 bks SUPPLEMENTARY PARALLEL TEXT EDITION OF CHAUCERS MINOR POEMS CONTAINING MOST OF THOSE THAT COULD NOT BE GOT INTO THE PARALLEL TEXT EDITION 4 chaucer geoffrey d 1400/ 1871 bks ONE TEXT PRINT OF CHAUCERS MINOR POEMS BEING THE BEST TEXT OF EACH POEM IN THE PARALLEL TEXT EDITION 5 chaucer geoffrey d 1400/ 1868 bks