ENGL 3553
Chaucer: Literature at (What Feels Like) the End of the World The English poet Geoffrey Chaucer was no stranger to crisis: he was born in the wake of the Black Death, the plague that killed about half of the population of Europe; and he lived- Selection of Chaucer's works, including The Canterbury Tales and other shorter poems. Includes an introduction to Middle English. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only. Additional
People have been reading Chaucer鈥檚 poetry for over 600 years now. Such long-lasting popularity has in part to do with the great variety of his writings. There鈥檚 a lot to like (and dislike): deeply moving tragedies, racy stories, philosophical