This page is maintained primarily as a resource for Dr. Brian Gastle's Graduate Chaucer Seminar at Western Carolina University.

Presentations

Readings:

• Harvard Chaucer page http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/
  • Piers Plowman page w/ link to translation of prologue http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/authors/langland/
  • Pronunciation guide http://courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/pronunciation/
  • Other Authors and their texts (Boccaccio, Gower, Langland, etc.) http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/authors.html
• Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages (TEAMS) Online Texts http://www.teamsmedieval.org/
  • The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle
    • Intro http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/ragintro.htm
    • Text http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/ragnfrm.htm
  • John Gower’s Confessio Amantis
    • Introduction to Prologue, Book 1, and Book 8 http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/rpca1int.htm
    • Text of Prologue http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/rpcaprfr.htm
    • Text of Book 1 http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/rpcabk1fr.htm
• Decameron Web (Decameron Info and Texts) http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/dweb.shtml
• Donaldson, E. Talbot. “Chaucer the Pilgrim,” PMLA LXIX (1954), 928-936.http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/canttales/gp/pilgrim.html

Other Class Materials:

• Historical Context Essay for Middle English Lit (pdf)
• Timeline for Historical and Literary Context (pdf)