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Title: Chaucer
Post by: scott2978 on 2014-05-30, 18:08:50

For anyone interested in reading 14th century literature, this site has the works of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in both original middle English and translated into modern, readable English. And it's free.

http://www.canterburytales.org/canterbury_tales.html (http://www.canterburytales.org/canterbury_tales.html)

Scott

Title: Re: Chaucer
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2014-05-30, 18:44:39

nice find!

Title: Re: Chaucer
Post by: Aiden of Oreland on 2014-05-30, 19:37:18

Indeed, awesome find Scott!

Title: Re: Chaucer
Post by: Sir Rodney on 2014-05-31, 04:00:56

Thank you!

Title: Re: Chaucer
Post by: Sir William on 2014-06-03, 19:49:19

Blocked!  Curses...will try this from home computer.

Title: Re: Chaucer
Post by: Don Jorge on 2014-06-04, 02:34:09

I have a copy (digital and in print)...I love em!

Title: Re: Chaucer
Post by: Sir Martyn on 2014-06-04, 02:42:43

Good stuff - the Knight's Tale illustrates the hypocrisy of the realities of the upper classes and their supposedly higher moral codes, sorry to say.

Title: Re: Chaucer
Post by: scott2978 on 2014-06-05, 18:58:28

What I found really interesting about the Knights Tale is how a 14th century author used contemporary descriptions of people places and things, and moral ideals (not just how things were at his time, but how people believed they should be) to describe events that supposedly took place in ancient greece. Full plate armor on "knights" participating in jousts to uphold their chivalrous ideals? What a fascinating bit of writing! Chaucer was an absolute genious.

Title: Re: Chaucer
Post by: Sir Nate on 2014-06-05, 19:21:48

Good, Now the reading begins.

Title: Re: Chaucer
Post by: Joshua Santana on 2017-02-09, 16:11:49

Awesome, thank you very much.