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Our Old English Home
George Kane and Joseph Wittig are collaborating on a forthcoming glossary of the Middle English poem, Piers Plowman. Bruce Mitchell is the author of Old English Syntax (Oxford University Press, 1985). 427 – Our Old English Home
Posted in Episodes, Kane, George, Mitchell, Bruce, Wittig, Joseph S.
Tagged Poetry
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(1) Medieval Literature and Society, Part 3 of 3: “Piers Plowman”; (2) Commentary on the Megaliths of Stonehenge
George Russell and George Kane discuss the fourteenth-century English allegorical poem Piers Plowman. Wandering in the English countryside, a poet stops to rest, falls asleep, and dreams. His vision is filled with fantastic images of right and wrong, reason and … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Gingher, Robert, Kane, George, Russell, George H.
Tagged Allegorical poetry, English literature -- Poetry -- Fourteenth century, Ethics, Stonehenge
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