The twelve essays in this volume dedicated to Robert Worth Frank reflect his interest in the poetic art that emerged in late medieval English narrative out of multiple historical contexts. Contributors include: C D Benson (The reader in Piers Ploughman ) ; E D Kirk (Langland's narrative Christology) ; M E McAlpine (Fiction in the Nun's Priest's tale) ; M Caruthers (Locational memory in Chaucer's Knight's tale) ; C P Collette (Chaucer's discourse of mariology) ; P Strohm (Chaucerian narrative and historical meta-narrative) .