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Posted I am just finishing a third year university course on Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, and I was just wondering if there are any experts out there who are willing to hold a discussion about the text that would be very valuable to me for my final essay. Of course one need not be an expert to take part in the conversation, all input is welcome. <><><><><><> Into a soul completely free from thoughts and emotions, even the tiger finds no room to insert its fierce claws

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Posted Hide Post I'm very very sorry, I read the franklins tale when I was doing my GCSE's, but my opionion was if Chaucer was not already dead i'd happly kill him. I HATED it. but your welcome here at the board of course, and hopefully someone more helpful than myself will turn up soon. whilst your waiting, why don't you pop by the Worlds End forum, that's where all the cool kids hang out...i'm there too edit...you're already there ~ I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. when's spring due?.

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Posted Hide Post quote: I'm very very sorry, I read the franklins tale when I was doing my GCSE's, but my opionion was if Chaucer was not already dead i'd happly kill him. I HATED it. I hated the text all throughout the general prologue, but once the middle English had settled in and reading sessions became less and less of a battle for my sanity, I really enjoyed the satire present in many of the tales told by Chaucer's pilgrims. The Franklin's tale was alright, although I enjoyed the Wife of Bath's, and the Pardoner's tales much more. For those of you who believe that feminism was non existent in medieval culture, you owe it to yourself to read about the Wife of Bath. <><><><><><> Into a soul completely free from thoughts and emotions, even the tiger finds no room to insert its fierce claws

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Posted Hide Post I hated the text as well and I am a lover of classic literature, except for Three Musketers, Paradise Lost, Monastary, moby dick among others. Perhaps an interestinh comparison could be with the Decameron(sp?) "My life has been extraordinary, blessed and cursed and won."--muzzle-smashing pumpkins "Some wills are too strong to die. And there are powers to formidable to be contained." -Metall-x "How are you doing all this?""I never saved any for the trip back" (Gattaca)

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Xiao Bai Member	Posted Hide Post I think I'm in the minority. I think Chaucer is kind of a riot. You can impress your teacher by casually mentioning that he introduced the heroic couplet into English-language poetry. (Sorry, Caligo, I think Moby Dick rocks too. ) -Bai
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Cobalt working on his degree in brapping Member	Posted Hide Post also has English's Literature's first fart joke. _______________________________________ WARNING: the preceding message is not to be taken personally. Keep away from children. *** Inactivist of the Radical Status Quo
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Soul Power Member	Posted Hide Post Haha, very interesting. You guys should have taught the course. <><><><><><> Into a soul completely free from thoughts and emotions, even the tiger finds no room to insert its fierce claws
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Marvinmarymac Starving artist - well, not starving, but if you happen to have an extra biscuit lying around . . . Member

Posted Hide Post i loved it dearly when I did it, but that was way back at A-Level. I don't think I've even looked at Chaucer since I had Prof Magennis in first year English. You had to read Chaucer with him, just to keep up when he went on a tangent. Lovely man. ------------------------------ You are a Leprechaun. I'm not even sure what you are. Whiskey-soaked reports from your baffling Isle of Ire raise more questions than they answer. Are you a dwarf? Where's your pickax? If you're an elf, why don't you cobble? You'd think with all your gold, you could invest in some land, perhaps a title, and improve your station. Instead, you hide it in meteorologically-determined locations. You're getting killed on inflation, little friend!

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