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'The hooly blisful martir for to seke' Manuscripts with Chaucer’s pilgrims |
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales tell the story of pilgrims 'from every shires ende / Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende’. Experience these journeys, both real and imagined, through medieval manuscripts from the Bodleian collection live under the visualiser. |
Alison Ray, Andrew Dunning |
03 Apr 2024 |
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Chaucer 6 - Chaucer’s legacy |
Professor Marion Turner looks at Chaucer's legacy and the changes in societal perception of Chaucer. She also looks at online resources to help the beginner study Chaucer. |
Marion Turner, Karen Carey |
08 Feb 2024 |
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Chaucer 5 - The Language of Chaucer |
Professor Marion Turner delves into Geoffrey Chaucer's language and writing style. Chaucer championed a vernacular English form of writing, a departure from the prevalent use of Latin or French in poetry and the law. |
Marion Turner, Karen Carey |
08 Feb 2024 |
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Chaucer 4 - The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale |
Professor Marion Turner introduces one of the most famous and intricate tales from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales – "The Wife of Bath." |
Marion Turner, Karen Carey |
08 Feb 2024 |
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Chaucer 3 - The Miller’s Tale |
Professor Marion Turner introduces the ribald and humorous world of one of the Canterbury Tales' most famous stories – "The Miller's Tale." |
Marion Turner, Karen Carey |
08 Feb 2024 |
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Chaucer 2 - An Introduction to the Canterbury Tales |
Professor Marion Turner provides an in-depth exploration of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic work, the Canterbury Tales. |
Marion Turner, Karen Carey |
08 Feb 2024 |
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Chaucer 1 - An Introduction to the life and times of Geoffrey Chaucer |
In the introductory episode of "Chaucer for Beginners,” expert Professor Marion Turner introduces the life of writer Geoffrey Chaucer, shedding light on his background and life in 14th century England. |
Marion Turner, Karen Carey |
08 Feb 2024 |
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Damned if he Does and Damned if he Doesn't? Dilemmas and Decisions in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
Simon Armitage lectures on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. |
Simon Armitage |
23 Nov 2018 |
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Middle English |
This lecture is on Tolkien and middle english. Professor Carolyne Larrington, Tutorial Fellow in English Literature, St John's College, Oxford gives the first talk in the Tolkien: The Maker of Middle Earth lecture series. |
Carolyne Larrington |
31 Oct 2018 |
