Geoffrey Chaucer is generally considered the greatest English writer of the Middle Ages, and his Canterbury Tales rank with the greatest poems in English literature.
Examines, among other things, "the numerology at work in Dante's Paradiso, the problematics of imagery in 30 cantos, and how Chaucer's theory of mediation saved him from the fate of Narcissus." web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rashoaf/dccw.html
This essay by Patrick Paul Christle attempts to explain the effect on the other pilgrims of "The Prioress's Tale" from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales." christle.freeshell.org/essays/prioress.pdf
Information about the conference, which takes place every two years in London, UK. Call for papers, speakers, program, registration. www.londonchaucer.org.uk