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Douglas A. Burger

Research & Teaching Interests

With Paul M. Levitt and Elissa S. Guarlnick, Weighty Words, Too. Univ. of New Mexico Press, 2008 (children’s book)
With Paul M. Levitt and Elissa S. Guralnick, The Weighty Word Book. Bookmakers Guild, 1985. Rpt. Manuscripts Ltd., 1990. Rev. ed. The Court Wayne Press, 2000 (children’s book)

“The Cosa Impossibile of Il Filocolo and the Impossible of The Franklin’s Tale.”
Chaucer and the Craft of Fiction. Ed. Leigh Arathrow. Solaris Press, 1986, 165-78
“The Uses of the Past in The Lord of the Rings.” Kansas Quarterly 16, 3 (Summer 1984): 23-28
“Tolkien’s Elvish Craft and Frodo’s Mithril Coat.” The Scope of the Fantastic, Vol. I. Westport, CT, 1984, 255-62
“The Book of the Dun Cow”; “Animal Farm.” A Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Los Angeles, 1983, 149-53, 45-47
“Deluding Words in The Merchant’s Tale.” Chaucer Review 12 (Fall 1977): 103-8
“Volume-Year Correspondence Chart for Periodicals.” A Manual of the Writings in
Middle English: 1050-1500. Ed. J. Burke Severs. New Haven, 1967, 175-98

A book on the cultural implications of Northumbrian saint legends, 6th-9th centuries
With Paul M. Levitt and Elissa S. Guralnick, More Weighty Words (children’s book)