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THE NEW MIDDLE AGES BONNIE WHEELER, Series Editor The New Middle Ages is a series dedicated to transdisciplinary studies of medieval cultures, with particular emphasis on recuperating women’s history and on feminist and gender analyses. This peer-reviewed series includes both scholarly monographs and essay collections. PUBLISHED BY PALGRAVE: Women in the Medieval Islamic World: Power, Chaucer’s Pardoner and Gender Theory: Bodies Patronage, and Piety of Discourse edited by Gavin R. G. Hambly by Robert S. Sturges The Ethics of Nature in the Middle Ages: On Crossing the Bridge: Comparative Essays on Boccaccio’s Poetaphysics Medieval European and Heian Japanese Women by Gregory B. Stone Writers edited by Barbara Stevenson and Presence and Presentation: Women in the Cynthia Ho Chinese Literati Tradition by Sherry J. 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Poor and Jana K. by Jane Chance Schulman Manmade Marvels in Medieval Culture and Race, Class, and Gender in “Medieval” Cinema Literature edited by Lynn T. Ramey and Tison Pugh by Scott Lightsey Allegory and Sexual Ethics in the High American Chaucers Middle Ages by Candace Barrington by Noah D. Guynn England and Iberia in the Middle Ages, 12th -15th Century: Cultural, Literary, and Political Exchanges edited by María Bullón-Fernández AMERICAN CHAUCERS Candace Barrington AMERICAN CHAUCERS Copyright © Candace Barrington, 2007. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2007 978-1-4039-6515-8 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-73271-5 ISBN 978-1-137-10748-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-10748-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Barrington, Candace. American Chaucers / by Candace Barrington. p. cm.—(New Middle Ages series) A study of Chaucer’s appearances in American popular culture over the past 200 years. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400—Appreciation—United States— History. 2. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d.1400—Influence. 3. American literature—English influences. 4. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d.1400— Adaptations—History and criticism. 5. Popular culture—United States— History. I. Title. PR1915.U65B37 2007 821Ј.1—dc22 2007001433 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: August 2007 10987654321 Transferred to Digital Printing in 2009 Tom’s sixteen-year old friend: What’s

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