The Monk’s Tale
The Monk's series of 17 of the promised 100 examples of the fall of great men and women (de casibus tragedies) is finally interrupted by the Knight, who wants to hear stories of those who have fallen whose Fortune improves.
The Monk’s Tale
The Monk's series of 17 of the promised 100 examples of the fall of great men and women (de casibus tragedies) is finally interrupted by the Knight, who wants to hear stories of those who have fallen whose Fortune improves.
The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
Seemingly a beast fable about a cock, a hen, and a fox, this tale proves to make fun mostly of human foibles. There are frequent mock-heroic "drops" in tone when we are reminded that we are mostly listening to a book-reading rooster and a tempting fox who is also a reader of texts.
The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
Seemingly a beast fable about a cock, a hen, and a fox, this tale proves to make fun mostly of human foibles. There are frequent mock-heroic "drops" in tone when we are reminded that we are mostly listening to a book-reading rooster and a tempting fox who is also a reader of texts.
The Old High German and Middle High German Hildebrandslied
Recorded in Austria in 2006, the OHG and MHG versions of the Hildebrandslied are performed before a live audience by that gift to medieval music performance in Medieval German, Eberhard Kummer.
The Old High German and Middle High German Hildebrandslied
Recorded in Austria in 2006, the OHG and MHG versions of the Hildebrandslied are performed before a live audience by that gift to medieval music performance in Medieval German, Eberhard Kummer.
The Pardoner’s Tale
The Pardoner's moving exemplum or sermon story to illustrate that the root of all evil is avarice. The irony is that the Pardoner himself is avaricious, as his long prologue reveals, though he hopes to save other from his own deadly sin.
The Pardoner’s Tale
The Pardoner's moving exemplum or sermon story to illustrate that the root of all evil is avarice. The irony is that the Pardoner himself is avaricious, as his long prologue reveals, though he hopes to save other from his own deadly sin.
The Parson's Tale
This is the last tale and Chaucer's Retraction of all of his tales that "sounen unto synne."
The Parson's Tale
This is the last tale and Chaucer's Retraction of all of his tales that "sounen unto synne." This is an MP3 recording on one CD.
The Physician's Tale: Two Readings
One of Chaucer's more troubling tales to a modern audience, this short tale is read by Professor Tom Burton and Kathryn Dineen in two complete versions: one by a male voice; another by a female voice
The Poetics of Alliteration
Recording of all the alliterative poetic passages Alan Gaylord discussed in his expansion of a plenary address given at a SEMA annual conference in 1998. Range from Old English to Modern English examples.
The Poetics of Alliteration
Recording of all the alliterative poetic passages Alan Gaylord discussed in his expansion of a plenary address given at a SEMA annual conference in 1998. Range from Old English to Modern English examples.
The Poetics of Alliteration
The CD has Alan Gaylord's readings of the various texts he chose for examples of alliteration, ancient and modern, in his plenary address at a SEMA conference.The monograph accompanying the CD is an expansion of that plenary address.
The Poetics of Alliteration
The monograph is an expansion of a plenary address that Alan T. Gaylord read at a SEMA annual conference in 1998. The book covers alliterative poetry from the Old English poetic canon right down to modern examples.