English 4180, Milton, Spring 2012                                                 TR 11 am - 12:15 pm, A&S 210

Dr. Eric W. Nye (nye@uwyo.edu) Office Hours: MWF 11 am - 12 pm, Hoyt Hall 308, 766-3244

Dr. Kris Utterback (utterbck@uwyo.edu) Office Hours: T 1:30 -3:30 pm, W 2 - 3 pm, Ross Hall 137, 766-6259

In Lieu of a Research Paper: An Annotated Bibliography of Chaucer Criticism

Using standard scholarly bibliographies of English criticism (MLA, JSTOR, Project MUSE, etc.), prepare a list of 14 articles and/or chapters in books dealing with various aspects of Chaucer�s life and works, concentrating on the tale on which you are due to report in your Chaucer Roundtable presentation.  Consult also the resources in our textbook.

Online see:

The Chaucer Bibliography at the University of Texas, San Antonio.

The Chaucer Metpage at the University of North Carolina.

The Index of Bibliographical Resources at Geoffrey.Chaucer.org

The Archives of the Chaucer Review at Johns Hopkins.

Read a selection of the critical works you have chosen.  Choose half of them (seven) on which to provide a synopsis and critical assessment of at least 150 words per entry.  Compile these in an annotated bibliography according to standard bibliographic style.  See the helpful website at Cornell University which suggests APA style of reference.  In the humanities we more often use Modern Language Association (MLA) or Chicago Manual of Style bibliographical format.  See the specimen of Chicago style citation.

Your grade will be determined by the quality of your annotation and the critical acumen you show in assessing each entry.

Due in class, Thursday, 26 April 2012.