Geoffrey Chaucer - Page 2

***Khamûl*** · 05-22-2003, 11:29 PM

I checked out The Canterbury Tales from the library just because I wanted to read it. I've read the Miller's Tale so far. It was hilarious.

Huan · 05-23-2003, 01:54 AM

Well Khamul, that was certainly the tale to start with, if you ask me

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***Khamûl*** · 05-24-2003, 12:08 AM

Are there any other especially good tales that I should read before I return it to the library?

markedel · 05-24-2003, 01:12 PM

I enjoyed chaucer this year too! The Miller's Tale was very funny, but then again, most of the Tale had the biting satiric tone I love so much.

Elvengirl · 05-24-2003, 01:25 PM

Chaucer is great. One that I love, is his tale of Chanticleer and Pertelote.

Huan · 05-24-2003, 02:01 PM

You should definitely check out the Wife of Bath's prologue and tale, and the Knight's Tale. The Merchant's Tale is bawdy and funny like the Miller's Tale, but kind of more sophisticated. Also read the General Prologue at the very beginning ("Whan that April with his shoores soote", etc.), just because it's one of the cornerstones of English literature and everyone should know it, though sadly, these days not everyone does.

***azalea*** · 05-24-2003, 02:28 PM

I've always liked The Pardoner's Tale, you should read that one.

***Khamûl*** · 05-24-2003, 11:31 PM

Ok... must read Wife of Bath's tale... My teacher told us about Chanticleer and Pertelote... must read the Knight's tale and the Merchant's tale...

We read the entire prologue in Lit class, then took an extensive test where we had to match characteristics to each of the pilgrims. That was a rough test, but I made the highest grade in the class.

So, prologue -- check...

The Pardoner's Tale? Is that the one where the guys are drunk in the bar and decide to go after Death? Then the guy tells them that they will find him under a tree. If that's the one, we read it in class too.

Elvengirl · 05-25-2003, 09:24 AM

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Originally posted by Khamûl
The Pardoner's Tale? Is that the one where the guys are drunk in the bar and decide to go after Death? Then the guy tells them that they will find him under a tree. If that's the one, we read it in class too.

Yes, that was a great one too.

sun-star · 09-26-2005, 05:06 PM

Anyone read Troilus and Criseyde? I read it this summer, along with the Canterbury Tales, and preferred it to the tales in some ways. Some passages are beautiful, and as a longer work there's more time for the story to develop. The frame of the tales can sometimes seem awkward, and this poem lacks that obvious artificiality.

Lotesse · 09-26-2005, 05:08 PM

One of these days, I intend to tackle Chaucer. My English cousin loves Chaucer - she's such an intellectual!

Jabberwock · 10-17-2005, 11:30 AM

I took an entire class on Chaucer in university and I really enjoyed it. It helped that the professor was very enthusiastic about it. I can see where something like Canterbury Tales would be daunting to a first year student. I've always loved language so I think what I got out if it aside from some entertaining little stories, is a good example of a linguistic treasure. Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight had the same sort of effect on me, though it wasn't quite so entertaining as it was interesting. I enjoyed Chaucer a whole lot more than Le Morte D'Arthur.

Voronwen · 05-12-2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Huan

Middle English is so beautiful. Sometimes I just walk around reciting the first fourteen lines of CT. "Whan that April with his shoores soote," etc.

I agree about Middle English, with my whole heart!

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Originally Posted by sun-star

Anyone read Troilus and Criseyde? I read it this summer, along with the Canterbury Tales, and preferred it to the tales in some ways. Some passages are beautiful, and as a longer work there's more time for the story to develop.

I absolutely LOVED Troilus and Criseyde!

(Yes... hopeless romantic, here! )

05-22-2003, 11:29 PM	#21
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	I checked out The Canterbury Tales from the library just because I wanted to read it. I've read the Miller's Tale so far. It was hilarious. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

05-24-2003, 12:08 AM	#23
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Are there any other especially good tales that I should read before I return it to the library? __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

05-24-2003, 01:12 PM	#24
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	I enjoyed chaucer this year too! The Miller's Tale was very funny, but then again, most of the Tale had the biting satiric tone I love so much. __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

05-24-2003, 01:25 PM	#25
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	Chaucer is great. One that I love, is his tale of Chanticleer and Pertelote. __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com

05-24-2003, 11:31 PM	#28
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Ok... must read Wife of Bath's tale... My teacher told us about Chanticleer and Pertelote... must read the Knight's tale and the Merchant's tale... We read the entire prologue in Lit class, then took an extensive test where we had to match characteristics to each of the pilgrims. That was a rough test, but I made the highest grade in the class. So, prologue -- check... The Pardoner's Tale? Is that the one where the guys are drunk in the bar and decide to go after Death? Then the guy tells them that they will find him under a tree. If that's the one, we read it in class too. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

05-23-2003, 01:54 AM	#22
Huan Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oxford, MS Posts: 274	Well Khamul, that was certainly the tale to start with, if you ask me .

05-24-2003, 02:01 PM	#26
Huan Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oxford, MS Posts: 274	You should definitely check out the Wife of Bath's prologue and tale, and the Knight's Tale. The Merchant's Tale is bawdy and funny like the Miller's Tale, but kind of more sophisticated. Also read the General Prologue at the very beginning ("Whan that April with his shoores soote", etc.), just because it's one of the cornerstones of English literature and everyone should know it, though sadly, these days not everyone does.

05-24-2003, 02:28 PM	#27
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I've always liked The Pardoner's Tale, you should read that one.

09-26-2005, 05:06 PM	#30
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Anyone read Troilus and Criseyde? I read it this summer, along with the Canterbury Tales, and preferred it to the tales in some ways. Some passages are beautiful, and as a longer work there's more time for the story to develop. The frame of the tales can sometimes seem awkward, and this poem lacks that obvious artificiality.

09-26-2005, 05:08 PM	#31
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	One of these days, I intend to tackle Chaucer. My English cousin loves Chaucer - she's such an intellectual! __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10-17-2005, 11:30 AM	#32
Jabberwock Enting Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Canadian temporarily in USA. Posts: 55	... I took an entire class on Chaucer in university and I really enjoyed it. It helped that the professor was very enthusiastic about it. I can see where something like Canterbury Tales would be daunting to a first year student. I've always loved language so I think what I got out if it aside from some entertaining little stories, is a good example of a linguistic treasure. Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight had the same sort of effect on me, though it wasn't quite so entertaining as it was interesting. I enjoyed Chaucer a whole lot more than Le Morte D'Arthur.