Medieval Literature

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Medieval Literature 2016-07-05 04:43:38 Post No. 8242611
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Medieval Literature Anonymous 2016-07-05 04:43:38 Post No. 8242611 [Report]

I'm looking to get into medieval lit. What's the best English translation of the Decameron? What are some other essential works from the Middle Ages?

Anonymous 2016-07-05 04:48:44 Post No.8242633
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Anonymous 2016-07-05 04:48:44 Post No.8242633 [Report]

the bible

Anonymous 2016-07-05 04:57:15 Post No.8242665
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Anonymous 2016-07-05 04:57:15 Post No.8242665 [Report]

In English: Canterbury Tales or Confessio Amantis (the latter has had less posterity; both overlap more or less with the Decameron as for the stories), Piers Plowman, Gawain

Anonymous 2016-07-05 05:01:36 Post No.8242672
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Anonymous 2016-07-05 05:01:36 Post No.8242672 [Report]

>>8242665
Should I try to read The Canterbury Tales in the original vernacular or seek out a modern translation?

Anonymous 2016-07-05 05:01:52 Post No.8242673
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Anonymous 2016-07-05 05:01:52 Post No.8242673 [Report]

Sir Gawain
Piers Ploughman
Arthurian Romances
Chaucer — Love Visions, Canterbury Tales
Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder — collected poems

Anonymous 2016-07-05 05:03:22 Post No.8242678
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Anonymous 2016-07-05 05:03:22 Post No.8242678 [Report]

>>8242672
Unless you're an English major, a modern translation will seeve your purpose and cause much less stress and strain. Chaucer's english is wholly different from ours. Night (nigh-tuh) is now "nick-ter". Things are just wayyyy dofferent

Anonymous 2016-07-05 05:04:53 Post No.8242684
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Anonymous 2016-07-05 05:04:53 Post No.8242684 [Report]

>>8242678
those tronslations sure are dofferent

Anonymous 2016-07-05 05:06:54 Post No.8242692
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Anonymous 2016-07-05 05:06:54 Post No.8242692 [Report]

>>8242672
See for yourself:
>https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales
... but provided you're literate, you should be able to get used to the language after a few pages, with no need for more than the occasional explanatory note that most original editions have. Knowing some French helps a lot, incidentally.

Anonymous 2016-07-05 15:08:45 Post No.8243933
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Anonymous 2016-07-05 15:08:45 Post No.8243933 [Report]

Is there an infograph with a list of essential medieval lit floating around?

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