Chapter - 7: from the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer Chapter - 8: Home-Thoughts from Abroad - Robert Browning Chapter - 9: The Ballad of Semmerwater - William Watson Chapter - 10: Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep - Mary Elizabeth Frye ...
The OdysseyandThe Aeneidwould be very difficult to read: primarily because the few people I know who have actually read them have generally had several more degrees than I do (n=1) and (I assume, therefore) divert themselves by reading books likeFinnegan’s Wake,The Canterbury Talesand the...
very difficult to read: primarily because the few people I know who have actually read them have generally had several more degrees than I do (n=1) and (I assume, therefore) divert themselves by reading books like Finnegan’s Wake, The Canterbury Tales and the complete works of Franz ...
when we studied Robert Frost and Edgar Allan Poe in 6thgrade, the realization I was a poet sort of slapped me in the face. By my senior year, I had written aCanterburyTalesstyle poem about getting
They carefully waded through The Canterbury Tales, spending several years covering just two pages at a time, stopping frequently to look up and delight in terms that were unfamiliar. It was, after all, being read in the original Olde English. Gould admits that their selections are on the ambi...
My average Goodreads rating in 2017 was 3.7 stars – which falls somewhere between good and great on the Gidday scale of literary love. Here’s a pie chart for the statistically-minded amongst you: The good news is that I finished everything I read last year, so no-one was awarded the...
but at least they could back up their opinions.) While the internet has helped democratize things, and there are some non-professionals who do a pretty good job, there are also a whole lotta birdbrains. And if you don’t agree, just read some of the one- and two-star Goodreads reviews...
Amazon UK~Amazon~Goodreads About the Author: Jake Kendall was born in Oxford and studied an MSc in Creative Writing with the University of Edinburgh. He takes inspiration from the visual arts, a theme that formed his debut collection. The Vanitas & Other Tales of Art and Obsession (Neem Tree...
Like the pilgrims in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a number of those on the starship share their unique stories. But as tensions rise, Riley realizes that the ship is less like the Canterbury Tales and more like a harrowing, deadly ship of fools. When he becomes friendly with a mysterious ...
mansion thanks to the English Civil War and William Cavendish. So without further ado over to Peter: To delve into the myth of Robin Hood, we must start, ironically, with some myth-busting. The first ballads and gests, set in writing in the 15th century but based on earlier oral tales,...