tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post7363815679287485492..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: The Canterbury TalesStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-22374580703246205892017-05-01T20:03:17.139-05:002017-05-01T20:03:17.139-05:00Thanks!
And yes, medieval women seemed to be noth...Thanks!<br /><br />And yes, medieval women seemed to be nothing but trouble, going by this....that much hasn't changed, I suppose. ;)Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-34522447975618006032017-05-01T20:02:23.834-05:002017-05-01T20:02:23.834-05:00Twice! I started off strong but struggled through ...Twice! I started off strong but struggled through the end. Props to you! Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-84870514035575781432017-05-01T20:00:14.687-05:002017-05-01T20:00:14.687-05:00That king was truly an ogre! That king was truly an ogre! Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-69355939484363317192017-05-01T19:59:56.925-05:002017-05-01T19:59:56.925-05:00The medieval era is far more interesting than most...The medieval era is far more interesting than most people give it credit for in general, I think! Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-25094173187070494482017-05-01T16:06:51.260-05:002017-05-01T16:06:51.260-05:00I read it for a grad school course in Middle Engli...I read it for a grad school course in Middle English. It wasn't a dual copy, but it did have an extensive glossary and footnotes. Later I had to read it for my prelims and got a modern translation. I found it uninteresting and went back to the Middle English version and found it far superior, for some reason, to the modern version.<br /><br />The Clerk's Tale is still a story about a monster.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-41995315307435701222017-05-01T04:34:29.796-05:002017-05-01T04:34:29.796-05:00It has been awhile since I read this. I believe th...It has been awhile since I read this. I believe that I have read it twice. I also had a double paged version with modern English on the Left and the original on the right. This seems like the way to go with this work. <br /><br />Though difficult this is a rewarding work. I think that it lends itself to rereading. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-56212748935367581702017-04-30T23:11:16.625-05:002017-04-30T23:11:16.625-05:00about thirty years ago i read Canterbury in the or...about thirty years ago i read Canterbury in the original... but i think it was a mistake because i missed a lot of the meaning... the way you did it, with a translation to check, would be a better way, i think... anyway, it's long and involved; congrats for finishing it...<br /><br />the two ideas i remember are how hard the lot of ladies was, in general; and how concerned they all were about predestination vs. free will...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-40972810512531011722017-04-30T23:08:31.897-05:002017-04-30T23:08:31.897-05:00Well, I didn't know the Canterbury Tales were ...Well, I didn't know the Canterbury Tales were so...colorful. Actually I've been avoiding it for the Middle English, but that dual-version edition sounds doable; will have to check it out. Thanks for the laughs! Marian Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115916138435761469noreply@blogger.com