http://titania.stockton.edu/chaucer famous not so long ago Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:39:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you're still looking for the right gift for your fellow Chaucerian, you might look here. http://titania.stockton.edu/chaucer/2008/12/11/a-present-for-the-holidays/ Thought you might be interested in this retelling of Chaucer's love story. Note the brief sketch of Chaucer's plot. http://titania.stockton.edu/chaucer/2008/11/18/criseyde-the-opera/ Nine students (six from our class; three from Shakespeare) attended the Medieval conference in Washington, D.C. last weekend. It was a very enjoyable time. We found out that Professor Tompkins is a heroic driver, that we could spend a lot of time driving around in circles in a ... http://titania.stockton.edu/chaucer/2008/11/09/touching-the-past/ I continue to practice my reading. Here are lines 617-37 of Book 1. Pandarus is trying to convince Troilus that he can help. Also lines 806l-12. Pandarus is trying to buck up Troilus. http://titania.stockton.edu/chaucer/2008/11/08/more-reading/ I'm practicing my reading. Here are lines 211-59 of Book 1. Not the best reading, but I enjoy the lines. http://titania.stockton.edu/chaucer/2008/11/05/reading-tc/ Someone asked for more info on what I meant by "order" in the take home. Specifically I mean social order. The middle ages recognized hierarchical order from god to angels, man, animals, plants, rocks, etc. In the "order" of things men were above women in social order; upper class ... http://titania.stockton.edu/chaucer/2008/11/04/order/ For students heading to the symposium with Professor Tompkins and me on Friday:1. We are leaving from in front of the sign on Big Blue at 8:30am. 2. We will probably stop at least once on the way down. 3. Here is the site for the conference:http://gwmemsi.blogspot.com/2008/09/touching-past-november-7.html 4. Here is a google map ... http://titania.stockton.edu/chaucer/2008/11/01/gw-symposium/ examination has changed. We have agreed that it will be due on Monday, November 10th. http://titania.stockton.edu/chaucer/2008/10/29/the-date-for-the-2nd-take-home/ Send them to your friends. Send them to your family! Treasure them in your in-box forever: Literature program postcards. http://titania.stockton.edu/chaucer/2008/10/29/litt-postcards/ I've scanned through this quickly and think it's advisable reading for a generally medieval-reading audience: http://www.nerve.com/regulars/datingadvicefrom/medievalhistorians/. http://titania.stockton.edu/chaucer/2008/10/28/dating-advice-from-medieval-historians/