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Where rhyme gets its reason! In a historical survey of English literature, I take a personal and philosophical approach to the major texts of the tradition in o...

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The Mysteries and the Miller's Tale (The Canterbury Tales, Part 3.75 [?]) M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Apr 30, 2023
The Birth of English Drama: Mystery and Morality M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Apr 22, 2023
Weal and Woe: Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur (The Matter of Arthur, Part 4) M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Apr 15, 2023
William Dunbar's "Done is the Battle": An Easter Hymn M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Apr 9, 2023
The Great Vowel Movement M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Apr 1, 2023
Medieval Mysticism: The Book of Showings and The Book of Margery Kempe M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Mar 25, 2023
Three Doctors and a Razor: Medieval English Philosophers M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Mar 19, 2023
Keep the Faith: Moral John Gower M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Mar 11, 2023
Mock Chivalry: "The Tournament of Tottenham" M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Mar 5, 2023
Love and Loss in Anglo-Saxon Poetry M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Feb 26, 2023
Revolting Peasants: 1381 and All That M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Feb 23, 2023
The Endless Knot: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (The Matter of Arthur, Part 3) M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Feb 11, 2023
"Noble Preaching": The Wife, The Lollards, and Chaucer's Retraction (The Canterbury Tales Part 3.5) M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Jan 28, 2023
"Beaten for a Book": Chaucer's Wife of Bath (The Canterbury Tales Part 3) M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Jan 23, 2023
Going Blackberrying: Swearing in "The Pardoner's Tale" (The Canterbury Tales Part 2.5) M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Jan 14, 2023
"A Wholly Vicious Man": Chaucer's Pardoner (The Canterbury Tales Part 2) M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Jan 8, 2023
Mary's Christmas! M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Dec 25, 2022
"Pilgrims were they all": Chaucer's "General Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales (The Canterbury Tales Part 1) M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Dec 23, 2022
Encountering the Divine: Medieval Dream Vision Poetry M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Dec 8, 2022
Avian Agitation: "The Owl and the Nightingale" M. G. McDonough · contributed by Lukas · Nov 19, 2022
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Where rhyme gets its reason! In a historical survey of English literature, I take a personal and philosophical approach to the major texts of the tradition in order to not only situate the poems, prose, and plays in their own contexts, but also to show their relevance to our own. This show is for the general listener: as a teacher of high school literature and philosophy, I am less than a scholar ...

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