Life and Writings of Geoffrey Chaucer CD Course (The Great Courses)

Description

(12 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Course Lecture Titles 1. Introduction to Chaucer's Life and World 2. The Scope of Chaucer's Work 3. Chaucer's Language 4. Chaucerian Themes and Terms 5. Troilus and CriseydeLove and Philosophy 6. Troilus and CriseydeHistory and Fiction 7. The Canterbury TalesThe General Prologue 8. The Canterbury TalesThe First Fragment 9. The Wife of Bath 10. The Pardoner 11. Gods PlentyThe Variety of The Canterbury Tales 12. Chaucer's Living Influence

Imagine a writer who is equally at home with romantic adventure and devotional meditation, or who brings the fullest measure of brilliance to ribald comedy and grave tragedy alike.

Add a talent for creating unforgettable characters and keenly painting social relationships.

Top it all off with a gift for expression so pure and scintillating that no less an authority than Edmund Spenser was moved to laud this writer's works as a "well of English pure and undefiled."

Now you have Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340-1400), one of our grandest and most enduring poets; an architect of our vocabulary and our literary style.

By examining texts from his short love lyrics to the copious profusion of character and incident that is The Canterbury Tales, this course prepares you for the challenges of Chaucer's oeuvre, and provides an understanding of what makes him the "father" of English poetry.

With Stanford University's award-winning Professor Seth Lerer, you plumb the richness and depth of Chaucer's poetry and explore his life, the range of his work, and his impact on English language and literature.

Disclaimer:
Contents of this page are indexed from the Internet. All actions are under your responsability. Email us to report illegal contents or external links and we'll remove them immediately.

Please check the description for download links if any or do a search to find alternative books.

Can't Download?
Please search mirrors if you can't find download links for "Life and Writings of Geoffrey Chaucer CD Course (The Great Courses)" in "Description" and someone else may update the links. Check the comments when back to find any updates.

Search Mirrors
Maybe some mirror pages will be helpful, search this book at top of this page or click here to find more info.

1. Ebooks list page : 3622
2. The Life and Work of Mark Twain (The Great Courses Teaching that engages the mind, Part 1 and Part 2 Set)
3. Origins of Great Ancient Civilizations: The Teaching Company CDs (The Great Courses)
4. Critical Companion to Chaucer: A Literary Reference to His Life And Work
5. The Passions: Philosophy and the Intelligence of Emotions (The Great Courses)
6. The Passions: Philosophy and the Intelligence of Emotions (The Great Courses)
7. The Passions: Philosophy and the Intelligence of Emotions (The Great Courses)
8. Late Middle Ages (The Great Courses, Ancient & Medieval History)
9. Rome and the Barbarians - The Great Courses Ancient & Medieval History (Audiobook Guidebook)
10. Biological Anthropology: An Evolutionary Perspective The Great Courses by Barbara J. King The College of William and Mary
11. George Sand, Her Life and Writings
12. The Book of Investing Wisdom: Classic Writings by Great Stock-Pickers and Legends of Wall Street
13. Life, Sex and Death: Selected Writings (New Library of Psychoanalysis)
14. Her Own Life: Autobiographical Writings by Seventeenth Century Englishwomen
15. Bad Dogs Have More Fun: Selected Writings on Family, Animals, and Life from The Philadelphia Inquirer
16. The Great Ab Workout Abs For Life: How To Get And Keep Great Abs For Life