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Meet the Manuscripts: Uncomfortable English Manuscripts |
In this lecture, we look at some beautiful, austere, and distinctively uncomfortable manuscripts and learn how the Middle Ages shaped the way we read today both in print and on screen. |
Dan Wakelin, Andrew Dunning, Helen Cook |
08 Nov 2021 |
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Patience Agbabi reading and conversation: podcast |
In this podcast the dynamic poet Patience Agbabi is in conversation about her Ted Hughes short-listed collection Telling Tales (2015), a rebellious reworking of Chaucer, and her contribution to the 2016 Refugee Tales project. |
Patience Agbabi, Elleke Boehmer, Marion Turner |
14 Jan 2020 |
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Book at Lunchtime: Chaucer: A European Life |
TORCH Book at Lunchtime event on Chaucer: A European Life by Professor Marion Turner. Book at Lunchtime is a series of bite-sized book discussions held fortnightly during term-time, with commentators from a range of disciplines. |
Marion Turner, Bart van Es, Helen Swift, John Watts |
15 Nov 2019 |
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Creative Commons |
Why should we study Chaucer? |
Dr Laura Ashe of Worcester College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes why we should still study Chaucer. |
Laura Ashe, Ilana Lassman |
31 Jul 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
Chaucer |
Professor Daniel Wakelin discusses the work of Chaucer and explains how he was one of the first to use everyday spoken English as a literary language in the 14th Century. |
Daniel Wakelin |
17 Apr 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
History of English Pronunciation |
Do we really know what Chaucer's poetry sounded like? Professor Simon Horobin introduces evidence that gives us an insight into the history of English pronunciation and explores what it tells us about how and why changes in language take place. |
Simon Horobin |
30 Nov 2011 |
