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CR Episode 90: Canterbury Tales XII – The Parson’s Tale and Chaucer’s Retraction
The panel concludes its summer reading of The Canterbury Tales with a look at penitence, sin, and freedom in The Parson's Tale, and then considers wh…
4 years, 8 months ago
CR Episode 89: Canterbury Tales XI – The Second Nun’s, Canon’s Yeoman’s, and Manciple’s Tales
In the penultimate episode covering the Canterbury Tales, the panel discusses the potential links between Fragments VIII and IX, the morals of the ta…
4 years, 8 months ago
CR Episode 88: Canterbury Tales X – The Monk’s and the Nun’s Priest’s Tales
The panel discusses the final two tales in Fragment VII: the tragic vignettes of unfortunate individuals described in The Monk's Tale, and the jolly …
4 years, 9 months ago
CR Episode 87: Canterbury Tales IX – The Shipman’s, Prioress’, and Chaucer’s Tales
The panel considers vice in the Shipman's tale and piety in the Prioress' tale, before moving on to examine Chaucer's humble self-depiction in his ro…
4 years, 9 months ago
CR Episode 86: Canterbury Tales VIII – The Physician’s and Pardoner’s Tales
The panel looks at the honor-before-death connexion between Fragment V and Fragment VI as exemplified by Virginia in the Physician's Tale, and then c…
4 years, 9 months ago
CR Episode 85: Canterbury Tales VII – The Squire’s and Franklin’s Tales
The panel discusses Fragment V, with attention given both to scholarly theories about whether Chaucer deliberately left the Squire's tale interrupted…
4 years, 9 months ago
CR Episode 84: Canterbury Tales VI – The Clerk’s and Merchant’s Tales
The panel discusses Fragment IV, containing two tales that deal with men who deliberately engage in unequal marriages to both good and ill results, a…
4 years, 10 months ago
CR Episode 83: Canterbury Tales V – The Wife of Bath’s, Friar’s, and Summoner’s Tales
Clinton Collister joins the panel to discuss Fragment III and its potential connexions to The Man of Law's Tale (Fragment II), with a focus on the ro…
4 years, 10 months ago
CR Episode 82: Canterbury Tales IV – The Man of Law’s Tale
The panel examines The Man of Law's Tale and scholarly arguments about whether it is suited to its putative teller, and consider the tale's depiction…
4 years, 10 months ago
CR Episode 81: Canterbury Tales III – The Miller’s, Reeve’s, and Cook’s Tales
Leaving behind the Knight's noble depictions of courtly love, the panel descends through bawdy, sexual misadventures in the form of 'quites'--narrati…
4 years, 10 months ago