C. David Benson

409 total citations
25 papers, 156 citations indexed

About

C. David Benson is a scholar working on Classics, History and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, C. David Benson has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 156 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Classics, 8 papers in History and 3 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in C. David Benson's work include Medieval Literature and History (21 papers), Historical Studies of British Isles (5 papers) and Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (3 papers). C. David Benson is often cited by papers focused on Medieval Literature and History (21 papers), Historical Studies of British Isles (5 papers) and Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (3 papers). C. David Benson collaborates with scholars based in United States. C. David Benson's co-authors include Elizabeth Robertson, Thomas J. Farrell, James Burnley, A. S. G. Edwards, Linne R. Mooney, John F. Thompson, Kathryn Kerby-Fulton and Derek Pearsall and has published in prestigious journals such as The Modern Language Review, Modern Language Quarterly and Speculum.

In The Last Decade

C. David Benson

14 papers receiving 45 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. David Benson United States 8 142 82 45 43 13 25 156
John M. Fyler United States 6 142 1.0× 71 0.9× 37 0.8× 42 1.0× 12 0.9× 14 167
Jocelyn Wogan-Browne United Kingdom 7 157 1.1× 108 1.3× 27 0.6× 27 0.6× 19 1.5× 16 183
Milton McC. Gatch United States 7 94 0.7× 73 0.9× 29 0.6× 14 0.3× 16 1.2× 22 137
Donald C. Baker United States 5 100 0.7× 67 0.8× 22 0.5× 50 1.2× 12 0.9× 18 152
Mary A. Rouse France 5 75 0.5× 63 0.8× 13 0.3× 19 0.4× 15 1.2× 19 130
Roger Sherman Loomis United States 6 99 0.7× 71 0.9× 21 0.5× 38 0.9× 14 1.1× 21 156
Julia Boffey United Kingdom 8 133 0.9× 113 1.4× 39 0.9× 28 0.7× 8 0.6× 35 163
Martin Camargo Russia 5 81 0.6× 63 0.8× 24 0.5× 19 0.4× 11 0.8× 31 110
Sheíla Delany Canada 7 122 0.9× 77 0.9× 17 0.4× 55 1.3× 43 3.3× 44 181
A. V. C. Schmidt Colombia 5 75 0.5× 48 0.6× 13 0.3× 26 0.6× 11 0.8× 19 104

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Benson, C. David. (2019). Imagined Romes: The Ancient City and Its Stories in Middle English Poetry. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University).
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Pearsall, Derek, et al.. (2000). New directions in later medieval manuscript studies : essays from the 1998 Harvard conference. 8 indexed citations
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Edwards, A. S. G., et al.. (1999). The Manuscripts of Piers Plowman: The B Version. The Modern Language Review. 94(4). 1071–1071. 16 indexed citations
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Benson, C. David. (1997). Piers Plowman and Parish Wall Paintings. The Yearbook of Langland Studies. 11. 1–38. 2 indexed citations
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Burnley, James & C. David Benson. (1993). Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'. The Yearbook of English Studies. 23. 313–313. 15 indexed citations
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Benson, C. David. (1992). Critic and Poet: What Lydgate and Henryson Did to Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. Modern Language Quarterly. 53(1). 23–40. 6 indexed citations
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Benson, C. David, et al.. (1992). Chaucer's Religious Tales. The Modern Language Review. 87(4). 928–928. 36 indexed citations
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Benson, C. David. (1991). Critical essays on Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde" and his major early poems. University of Toronto Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Benson, C. David. (1989). Chaucer's Narrators. David Lawton. Speculum. 64(1). 182–183. 1 indexed citations
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Farrell, Thomas J. & C. David Benson. (1988). Chaucer's Drama of Style: Poetic Variety and Contrast in the "Canterbury Tales". South Atlantic Review. 53(1). 104–104. 21 indexed citations
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Benson, C. David. (1988). Chaucer's Unfinished Pilgrimage. Christianity & Literature. 37(4). 7–22. 1 indexed citations
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Benson, C. David. (1987). Chaucer and the Early Writings of Boccaccio. David Wallace. Speculum. 62(1). 217–219. 1 indexed citations
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Benson, C. David. (1986). Varieties of Religious Poetry in The Canterbury Tales: The Man of Law’s Tale and The Clerk’s Tale. Studies in the age of Chaucer. 1986(1). 159–167. 4 indexed citations
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Benson, C. David. (1984). Incest and Moral Poetry in Gower's Confessio Amantis.. 6 indexed citations
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Benson, C. David. (1982). Chaucer's Pardoner: His Sexuality and Modern Critics. 8. 337–349. 10 indexed citations
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Benson, C. David, et al.. (1981). Wynkyn de Worde and the Ending of Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde". Modern Philology. 78(3). 275–279. 2 indexed citations
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Benson, C. David. (1980). The function of Lady Meed inPiers Plowman. English Studies. 61(3). 193–205.

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