Cleanness
The Gawain-poet's most biblically inspired work, featuring prophets and holy men and women of cleanness from both the Old and New Testaments as major players in this full text of the poem on two CDs.
Colloquies on the Oedipus Trilogy by Sophocles with Emphasis on Oedipus Tyrannos
Professor Siebach and Thomas discuss Sophocles and his Oedipus Trilogy of Oedipus Tyrannos, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, with emphasis on Oedipus Tyrannos and Periclean Athens.
Dame Sirith
Enter the world of fabliau where Dame Sirith acts as a go-between for would-be lovers such as Wilekin and Margery, the married woman.
Das Herzmaere by Konrad von Würzburg
This famous Middle High German work is read by Hildegard Elisabeth Keller of the University of Zurich.
Extracts from La3amon’s Brut
The author of this early Middle English work, sometimes known as Lawman, is dealing with the legendary history of Britain, first founded by Brutus or Brut, a great grandson of Aeneas, supposedly. Much Arthurian lore in the larger work with samples here.
Heroic Women in Old and Middle English
Ros Allen's excellent readings in Old and Middle English of portions of several texts about heroic women.
Herzog Ernst
Performed by Eberhard Kummer live at Kalamazoo in May 2008, this DVD tells of the exotic travels and conquests of Duke Ernst.
Horn Childe and Maiden Rimnild
A Middle English romance about this legendary English/Danish hero.
Inferno: Selections
By the time of Dante, medieval Italian and modern Italian language merge. In these selections, most of the passages in modern English translations are read by their own translators (except Seamus Heaney's), and selections are also read in Dante's Italian.
Interpretation and Performance: Essays for Alan Gaylord
This festschrift honors the long career of Alan Gaylord, combining close readings and resultant interpretations as well as examination of the art of performing Chaucerian and other medieval Middle English poetry. Fourteen scholars honor Alan.
John Gower’s Confessio Amantis-Selections
Contained in this recording are Gregory Sadlek's selection of episodes from the much longer Confessio Amantis
Julian of Norwich: A Revelation of Love
This pious English mother in East Anglia lost her family in one of the plague outbreaks and became an anchoress in one of the parish churches of Norwich. This work records her spiritual experiences with the Lord Jesus Christ, her revelation of his love.
King Arthur's Death: Selections from the Middle English Stanzaic Morte Arthur and Alliterative Morte Arthure
Directed by Alison Baker of Cal State Pomona, these selections from the two deaths of Arthur give an overview of these works as edited in the TEAMS series of books.
Kudrun
Performed and recorded at the Kulturforum in Vienna on 9 November 2005 by Eberhard Kummer, this CD features the epic story of the heroic woman, Kudrun.
La Chanson de Roland: An Epitome
Choosing carefully from the full La Chanson de Roland text (based on Whitehead's edition), Dr. Paul Bracken, a gifted literary and musical man, put together parts of this epic text highlighting the main narrative in about 42 performed minutes.