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1. Record Number: 7848
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Title : Hoccleve, the Virgin, and the Politics of Complaint
Source: PMLA: Publications of the Modern Language Association of America , 117., 5 (October 2002):  Pages 1172 - 1187.
Year of Publication: 2002.
2. Record Number: 5492
Author(s): Mehl, Dieter.
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Title : A Lover's Complaint: Shakespeare and Chaucer [The author argues that Shakespeare was influenced by Chaucer's "Squire's Tale" when writing his poem, "A Lover's Complaint"; in both the abandoned woman bemoans her fate but the authors hold back from identifying with her so that the accused male seems l
Source: Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen , 237., 1 ( 2000):  Pages 133 - 138.
Year of Publication: 2000.
3. Record Number: 9545
Author(s): Favier, Dale A.
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Title : Anelida and Arcite: Anti-Feminist Allegory, Pro-Feminist Complaint [The author argues that a pro-feminist impulse in Chaucer’s early poem “Anelida and Arcite” conflicts with the anti-feminist (misogynist) allegorical tradition upon which it borrows. In this tradition, poetry’s betrayal of literal meaning reflects men’s betrayal of women. Anelida’s complaint against Arcite (as well as the poet’s negative portrayal of Mars and Theseus) challenge this anti-feminist literary tradition. Chaucer’s interest in female-voiced complaint carries over into much of his later work. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Chaucer Review , 26., 1 ( 1991):  Pages 83 - 94.
Year of Publication: 1991.
4. Record Number: 11200
Author(s): Owen, Charles A., Jr.
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Title : The Falcon’s Complaint in the Squire’s Tale [In its form and content, the falcon’s lament departs from the traditional poetic genre of the complaint. The poetic structure (including rhyme and meter) of this passage differs from other poems in the complaint genre, and the passage serves a narrative function as well as a lyric one. It relates the story of the falcon’s betrayal by her male lover and simultaneously expresses her emotional state through a complex series of poetic devices, including metaphors and allusions. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Rebels and rivals: the contestive spirit in The Canterbury tales.   Edited by Susanna Greer Fein, David Raybin, and Peter C. Braeger Studies in medieval culture .   Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 1991. Chaucer Review , 26., 1 ( 1991):  Pages 173 - 188.
Year of Publication: 1991.
5. Record Number: 11209
Author(s): McNamer, Sarah
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Title : Female Authors, Provincial Setting: The Re-versing of Courtly Love in the Findern Manuscript [The article includes an appendix with transcriptions of Middle English poems believed to be written by women. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Viator , 22., ( 1991):  Pages 279 - 310.
Year of Publication: 1991.