CURRICULUM VITAE
Thomas Jay Garbáty
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Place and Date of Birth: Berlin, Germany, January 10, 1930
Citizenship: U.S.
Children: Bettina (1963)
Michael (1966)
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
1951 Haverford College
1952 Ecole De Vacances, University De Geneve
1952-53 Yale Law School
1954, 1957 University of Pennsylvania, M.A.,
Ph.D.
EMPLOYMENT
1954-57 Research Assistant to Chairman of
English Department,
Professor A.C.Baugh, University
of Pennsylvania
1957-60 Assistant Professor of English, Clemson University
1960-61 Assistant Editor, Middle English Dictionary,
University of Michigan
!960-62 Instructor, Department
of English, University of Michigan
1962-66 Assistant Professor, Department
of English, University of Michigan
1966-71 Associate Professor, Department
of English, University of Michigan
1970-80 Summer Visiting Professor, University
of Bern, Switzerland
!971-
Professor, Department of English, University of Michigan
ACADEMIC HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND PROFESSIONAL
DISTINCTIONS
B.A. (High Honors), Phi Beta Kappa, 1951, Newton Prize in English, Haverford College
Standard Oil of Indiana Award for Distinguished
Undergraduate Teaching, 1968
(forerunner of the Amoco Award,
the present University Teaching Award).
University of Michigan, Rackam Fellowship, Summer
1973
University of Michigan, Rackham Travel Grant, 1975
Michigan Student Assembly Teaching Evaluation Honor's
List, 1980-87
Editor, "Sir Thopas," for Variorum Chaucer Edition
Invitation by MLA as one of fifteen Chaucerians
to contribute article in Approaches to Teaching
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, MLA publication,
1980
Elected to Executive Committee, Chaucer Division,
MLA, 1976-78 (Secretary, 1976; Chairman, 1977)
Invitation to Chair "Reports on Projects in Medieval
language and Literature,". The Inaugural
International Congress of The
New Chaucer Society, Washington D.C., April 20-21, 1979
Invitation to Chair "Middle English Literature,"
Fifty-ninth Annual Meeting,
Medieval Academy of America,
Atlanta, Georgia, March 1984
Invitation to Chair "Chaucerian Poetics," 21st International
Congress on Medieval Studies,
May 8-11, 1986, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Invitation to be respondent for session on "Italian
Literature in Medieval England,"
24th International Congress on
Medieval Studies, May 4, 1989, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Co-organizer, Second Michigan State University Chaucer
Colloquium, Feb 24, 1990
"Intra-national Communication in Multilingual Switzerland".
Linguistics Colloquium.
University of Michigan, September,
1991.
First recipient of State of Michigan Teaching Excellence
Award, 1990.
First Biennial Award of University of Michigan Offices
of Services for Students with Disabilities
and the Reading Skills and Learning
Center, Bestowed by the Learning Disabilities Society, 1991
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editorial Board, Studies in English and American
Literature, Language, and Culture
Editorial Board, Genre, 1978-
Editorial Board, Envoi (A Review Journal
of Medieval Literature) 1989-
Consultant Reader, PMLA, (1970-
), Chaucer Review, (1972- ) Studies
in the Age of Chaucer, (1979- )
Outside Examiner-Ph.D. in English Literature, University
of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1979.
Evaluation for Promotion to tenure: Flowers Braswell,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1981;
for promotion to professor: Roy
Pearcy, University of Oklahama, 1980, Peter Travis, Dartmouth College,
1984,
Flowers Braswell, Univ. Of Alabama,
Birmingham, 1987
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL, HONORARY, OR SCHOLARLY ORGANISATIONS
Modern Language Association of America
Medieval Academy of America
Early English Text Society
International Arthurian Society
The New Chaucer Society
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
Comparative Literature Faculty Committee, 1968-
Chairman, English Department Committee on Scholarly
Activities (COSCA), 1971-77, 1989-90
Area Coordinator for Medieval Studies, 1974-75
Curriculum Committee, 1978-79, 1983-85
Chairman, English Honors Committee, 1980-81, 1988-89
Executive Committee, English Department, University
of Michigan, 1979-83, 1886-88, 1990
Graduate Administrative Committee 1986-87
Rackham Dissertation Grant Committee 1986
Salary Committee 1986,1987
Alternative Honors Committee, from its inception
Honors Committee, from late sixties to present
Awards Committee, 1990-91.
BIOGRAPHICAL LISTINGS
Who's who in the Midwest, 1967-68
Dictionary of International Biography, 1967
Directory of American Scholars
Repertoire International des Medievistes
CURRENT RESEARCH
Chaucer
Medieval Studies
The English Decadence
Folklore
BIBLIOGRAPHY
EDITIONS - TEXTS
Medieval English Literature, D.C.Heath and
Co., 1984, pp. 1-974.
Reviewed by: Mary Flowers Braswell,
Quondam
et Futurus, 4, 3, Spring 1984. (2nd printing 1988)
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
"Feudal Linkage in Beowulf," Notes & Queries, January 1959, pp. 11-12
"An Appraisal of Arthur Symons by Peter and
Mallarme," Notes and Queries, May 1960, pp. 187-88.
"Fiona Macleod: Defense of her Views and her Identity,"
Notes
and Queries, December 1960, 465-67
"The Betruf of the Swiss Alps," Journal of American
Folklore, January-March 1960, pp. 60-63.
"Chaucer's Guildsmen and their Fraternity," Journal
of English and Germanic Philology (JEGP),
October 1960, LIX, pp.
691-709.
The French Coterie of the Savoy, 1896, "Publications
of the Modern Language Association (PMLA),
December 1960, LXXV, pp. 609-15.
"The Fallible Sword: Inception of a Motif," Journal
of American Folklore, January 1961, pp. 58-59.
"Chaucer's Summoner: An Example of the Assimilation
Lag in Scholarship," Publications of the
Michigan Academy of Science,
Arts, and Letters, 1962, pp.47.
"The Summoner's Occupational Disease," Medical
History, 7,4, October 1963, pp. 348-59.
Reviewed by: Carey McCord, M.D.,
Editor, Industrial Medicine and Surgery, "The Occupational Disease
of Chaucer's Summoner," 33, 3,
March 1964, pp. 165-66.
"Studies in the Franciscan 'The Land of Cokaygne'
in the Kildare MS." Franziskanische Studien,
Heft 1-2, 1963, pp. 139-53.
"Controversy: Newman, Christina Rossetti, Wilde,
"Victorian Studies, 8, 3, March 1965, pp. 280-81.
"The Pamphilus Tradition in Ruiz and Chaucer, "Philogical
Quarterly, 46, 4, October 1967, pp. 457-70.
Reviewed by: William R. Crawford,
"The House of Chaucer's Fame," Chaucer Review, 3, 1969, pp. 191-203.
"Pamphillus, De Amore: An Introduction and Translation,"
Chaucer
Review, 2, 2, Fall 1967, pp. 108-34.
"Chaucer in Spain, 1366: Soldier of Fortune or Agent
of the Crown?" English Language Notes, 5, 2,
December 1967, pp. 81-87.
"Andreas Capellanus and the Gate in the Parliament
of Foules," Romance Notes 9, 2, Spring 1968, pp. 325-31.
Memorial Note on Professor Macedward Leach, Journal
of American Folklore, 81, June 1968, pp. 105-6.
"Chaucer's Weaving Wife," Journal of American
Folklore, 81, 322, October-December 1968, pp. 342-46.
"The Monk and the Merchant's Tale: An Aspect of
Chaucer's Building Process in the Canterbury Tales, "
Modern Philology, 67,
1, August 1969, pp. 18-24.
"Satire and Regionalism: The Reeve and his Tale,"
Chaucer
Review, 8, 1, 1973, pp. 2-8.
"The Degradation of Chaucer's 'Geoffrey,'" PMLA,
89, January 1974, pp. 97-104.
"The Uncle-Nephew Motif: New Light into its Origins
and Development," Folklore, II, 1977, pp. 220-35.
"Troilus V, 1786-92 and V, 1807-27: An Example
of Poetic Process," Chaucer Review, 11, 4, Spring 1977, pp. 299-305
"Wynkyn de Worde's Sir Thopas and Other Tales,"
Studies
in Bibliography, 31, 1978, pp. 56-67.
ESSAYS APPEARING IN BOOKS
"The Middle English Lyrics," "Everyman and The Miracle Plays," "John Gower," "John Lydgate,"
articles in Donald Hall, Stephen
Spender, Ed. A Concise Encyclopedia of English and American Poets and
Poetry,
New York, Hawthorne, 1963.
"Chaucer and Comedy," Genre, 9, Winter 1976/77,
pp. 451-468. Reprinted in Paul Ruggiers, Ed.,
Versions of Medieval Comedy, Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1977, pp. 173-190.
Versions of Medieval Comedy, Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1977, pp. 173-190.
"And Gladly Teche the Tales of Canterbury," in Joseph
Gibaldi, Ed. Approaches to teaching Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales, New
York, The Modern Language Association of America, 1980, pp. 45-56.
"Rhyme, Romance, Ballad, Burlesque, and the Confluence
of Form," in Robert Yeager, Ed.
Fifteenth-Century Studies,
Archon Books, 1984, pp. 283-301.
"Chaucer, The Customs, and the Hainault Connection,"
Studies
in the Age of Chaucer Proceedings,
No. 2, 1986, ed. Fleming and
Hefferman, pp. 95-102, 1987 (Comment by Prof. Beryl Rowland,
in Presendential Address, same
volume, p. 11, 12.)
"The Hainault Connection: Missed Connection, Wrong Connection."
Chaucer Newsletter, 14:1 (1992) 2,7.
"Ballads," in Medieval England, an Encyclopedia, Garland New York, 1998.
"The Hainault Connection: Missed Connection, Wrong Connection."
Chaucer Newsletter, 14:1 (1992) 2,7.
"A description of the Confession Miniatures for
Gower's Confessio Amantis, with special reference
to the Illustrator's Role as Reader and Critic," Medievalia, 19, 1996 (for 1993) 319-341
"Chaucer and Comedy," in Jean Jost, ed. Chaucer's Humor: Critical Essays, Garland Studies in Humor, vol. 5, New York, 1994.
to the Illustrator's Role as Reader and Critic," Medievalia, 19, 1996 (for 1993) 319-341
"Chaucer and Comedy," in Jean Jost, ed. Chaucer's Humor: Critical Essays, Garland Studies in Humor, vol. 5, New York, 1994.
REPRINTS
"Chaucer and Comedy," in Paul G. Ruggiers, Ed. Versions
of Medieval Comedy, Norman:
University of Oklahoma Press,
1977, pp. 173-90.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE
"Ballads," in Medieval England, an Encyclopedia, Garland New York, 1998.
CREATIVE WORKS
"Unified Field," Haverford-Bryn Mawr Counterpoint, 1950.
"Pipe to the Spirit," Pennsylvania Literary Review,
4, 1, 1953, pp. 3-10.
"The Bosnic incident,"Pennsylvania Literary Review,
5, 1, 1954, pp. 19-26.
"The Pull of the Hammer," Pennsylvania Literary
Review, 6, 1, 1955, pp. 3-8, 28-36.
"The Little Father of Chardonne," Pennsylvania
Literary Review, 6, 3, 1956, pp. 15-22.
REVIEWS
Four short reviews for Books Abroad, 1959-60.
Alfred Cammann, Wespreussische Märchen,
Berlin, 1961. Journal of American Folklore, 75, 296, 1962, pp. 170-71.
Three short reviews for Books Abroad, 1962.
Kemp Mallone, Widsith, 1962. Journal of
American Folklore, 76, 302, October-December 1963, pp. 354-55.
Montgomery Hyde, Ed. Famous Trials 7:
Oscar Wilde; Montgomery Hyde, Oscar Wilde,
The Aftermath; Violet Wyndham, The Sphinx and her Circle; Rupert Croft-Cooke, Bosie: The Story of
Lord Alfred Douglas. Victorian Studies, 7, 4, June 1964, pp. 401-4.
Hermann Goja, Die osterreichischen Schutzengilden und ihre Feste 1500-1750, Wien, 1963.
Western Folklore, 24, 3, July 1965, pp. 219-20.
The Aftermath; Violet Wyndham, The Sphinx and her Circle; Rupert Croft-Cooke, Bosie: The Story of
Lord Alfred Douglas. Victorian Studies, 7, 4, June 1964, pp. 401-4.
Hermann Goja, Die osterreichischen Schutzengilden und ihre Feste 1500-1750, Wien, 1963.
Western Folklore, 24, 3, July 1965, pp. 219-20.
Hermann Bausinger, Formen der "Volkspoesie,"
Berlin, 1968; Wilhelm Heiske, Erich Seeman et al., Ed.
Deutsche Volkslieder mit ihren Melodien - Balladen, Freiburg, 1967. Western Folklore, 29, 2,
March 1970, pp. 133-34.
Alice E. Lasater, Spain to England: A Comparative study of Arabic, European, and English Literature
of the Middle Ages, Jackson: University of Mississippi Press; 1974. Speculum, April 1977, pp. 390-94.
Deutsche Volkslieder mit ihren Melodien - Balladen, Freiburg, 1967. Western Folklore, 29, 2,
March 1970, pp. 133-34.
Alice E. Lasater, Spain to England: A Comparative study of Arabic, European, and English Literature
of the Middle Ages, Jackson: University of Mississippi Press; 1974. Speculum, April 1977, pp. 390-94.
John Gardner, The Poetry of Chaucer, Carbondale:
Southern Illinois University Press, 1977.
Thought, Summer 1978, pp. 110-12.
Charles A. Owen, Pilgrimage and Storytelling in The Canterbury Tales: The Dialectic of
"Ernest" and "Game," Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977. Studies in the Age of Chaucer,
Vol. 2, 1980, pp. 196-202.
Thought, Summer 1978, pp. 110-12.
Charles A. Owen, Pilgrimage and Storytelling in The Canterbury Tales: The Dialectic of
"Ernest" and "Game," Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977. Studies in the Age of Chaucer,
Vol. 2, 1980, pp. 196-202.
E. D. Kennedy, R. Waldron, J. Wittig, ed. Medieval
English Studies Presented to George Kane,
D.S.Brewer, 1988. Yearbook of Langland Studies, 3, 1989, 159-163.
D.S.Brewer, 1988. Yearbook of Langland Studies, 3, 1989, 159-163.
Paul Ruggiers, ed. The Pierpont Morgan Library
Manuscript M.817 Studies in the Age of Chaucer,
Vol. 10, 1988, 191-194.
Vol. 10, 1988, 191-194.
R.A.Shoaf, ed. Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and
Criseyde, Envoi, 1990.
Gwendolyn A. Morgan, Medieval Balladry and the
Courtly Tradition,
American University Studies,
vol. 160 New York, Peter Lang, 1993, Studies in the Age of Chaucer,
17, 1995, 242-244.
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS
Commentator and Host for a ten-program television
series:
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, University of Michigan Television, 1967.
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, University of Michigan Television, 1967.
Commentator and Host for a half-hour television
production: Chaucer's
Parliament of Foules.
The University of Michigan Television Center. First shown on May 27, 1968, WLW-C, Columbus, Ohio.
The University of Michigan Television Center. First shown on May 27, 1968, WLW-C, Columbus, Ohio.
"Canterbury Tales" television series, adopted
by ETV (Educational Television) of Ontario in Fall 1970.
(Ontario Board of Education). Adopted by WNET (Educational Television) New York City,
March-May, Fall 1971, Spring 1972. Adopted by Central Educational Network, 1970.
(Ontario Board of Education). Adopted by WNET (Educational Television) New York City,
March-May, Fall 1971, Spring 1972. Adopted by Central Educational Network, 1970.
SCHOLARLY PAPERS
"Chaucer's Guildsmen and their Fraternity," MLA, Chicago, December 1959.
"Chaucer's Summoner: An Example of the Assimilation
Lag in Scholarship," Michigan Academy
of Science, Arts, and Letters, 1962.
of Science, Arts, and Letters, 1962.
"Pamphilus, Juan Ruiz, and Chaucer's Troilus
and Criseyde," MLA, New York, 1966.
"Early Editions of Chaucer," Variorum Chaucer Conference,
Norman, Oklahoma, October 1972.
"Chaucer, the Customs, and the Hainault Connection,"
Fifth International Congress of the
New Chaucer Society. Philadelphia, March 1986.
New Chaucer Society. Philadelphia, March 1986.
Respondent to Prof. Margaret O'Bryan Brodnax paper:
"The resurrection Motif in the
Prioress's Tale," The Medieval Association of the Midwest, Chicago, November, 1986.
Prioress's Tale," The Medieval Association of the Midwest, Chicago, November, 1986.
"The Hainault Connection, Wrong Connection, Missed
Connection," A Chaucer Colloquium,
Michigan State University, January 1988.
Michigan State University, January 1988.
EXTRA-MURAL LECTURES
(Dates are approximate.)
"Decadence and the 1890's," Clemson University,
1970.
"The Gratuitous Moral Act," Kalamazoo College, 1971.
"Reflections on the Medieval World: of Mice and
Men," University of Southern Mississippi, December 1974.
"The General Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury
Tales, International School, Geneva, Switzerland, 1976.
"Chaucer's Development of his Persona," University
of Zürich, Switzerland, 1977.
"The Variorum 'Sir Thopas': A Speculum of Chaucer
Scholarship," Haverford College, February 1978.
"A Symposium on Chaucer's Lyric Poetry," Haverford
College, February 1978.
"Chaucer's Life and Times," Greenhills School, Ann
Arbor, Michigan, November 1983.
Three-Day teaching session and lectures on Chaucer.
Tuskeegee Institute, Tuskeegee, Alabama
"Chaucer," Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
November 1983.
"Oscar Wilde's Coterie," University of Alabama at
Birmingham, May 1982.
"Sir Thopas and the Variorium Chaucer," University
of Alabama at Birmingham, May 1982.
"The Classics Revisited: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales,"
Mt.Clemens (Michigan) Public Library,
September 1982.
Editing and Publishing Seminar, Eastern Michigan
University, Ypsilanti February, 1986.
"The Classes Revisited: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales,"
Ann Arbor Women's City Club,
March 27, 1987.
"Why Should Anyone Want To Read The Classics These
Days?" Michigan Library
Association Fantastic Book Festival,
April 3, 1987.
Lecture on Chaucer - Pioneer High School - Ann Arbor,
September 18, 1990.