| Exploring Chaucer Here and Now |
In this webinar, Professor Marion Turner introduces some of the themes of Chaucer Here and Now, the exhibition currently on view at the Weston Library. |
Marion Turner |
5 April, 2024 |
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| Chaucer 6 - Chaucer’s legacy |
Professor Marion Turner looks at Chaucer's legacy and the changes in societal perception of Chaucer. She also looks at online resources to help the beginner study Chaucer. |
Marion Turner, Karen Carey |
8 February, 2024 |
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| Chaucer 5 - The Language of Chaucer |
Professor Marion Turner delves into Geoffrey Chaucer's language and writing style. Chaucer championed a vernacular English form of writing, a departure from the prevalent use of Latin or French in poetry and the law. |
Marion Turner, Karen Carey |
8 February, 2024 |
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| Chaucer 4 - The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale |
Professor Marion Turner introduces one of the most famous and intricate tales from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales – "The Wife of Bath." |
Marion Turner, Karen Carey |
8 February, 2024 |
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| Chaucer 3 - The Miller’s Tale |
Professor Marion Turner introduces the ribald and humorous world of one of the Canterbury Tales' most famous stories – "The Miller's Tale." |
Marion Turner, Karen Carey |
8 February, 2024 |
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| Chaucer 2 - An Introduction to the Canterbury Tales |
Professor Marion Turner provides an in-depth exploration of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic work, the Canterbury Tales. |
Marion Turner, Karen Carey |
8 February, 2024 |
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| Chaucer 1 - An Introduction to the life and times of Geoffrey Chaucer |
In the introductory episode of "Chaucer for Beginners,” expert Professor Marion Turner introduces the life of writer Geoffrey Chaucer, shedding light on his background and life in 14th century England. |
Marion Turner, Karen Carey |
8 February, 2024 |
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| Live Event: Imagined Journeys: Pilgrimage, Diplomacy, and Colonialism in Medieval Europe |
TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events!. Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. |
Marion Turner, Matthew Kneale |
21 October, 2020 |
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| Patience Agbabi reading and conversation: podcast |
In this podcast the dynamic poet Patience Agbabi is in conversation about her Ted Hughes short-listed collection Telling Tales (2015), a rebellious reworking of Chaucer, and her contribution to the 2016 Refugee Tales project. |
Patience Agbabi, Elleke Boehmer, Marion Turner |
14 January, 2020 |
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| Book at Lunchtime: Chaucer: A European Life |
TORCH Book at Lunchtime event on Chaucer: A European Life by Professor Marion Turner. Book at Lunchtime is a series of bite-sized book discussions held fortnightly during term-time, with commentators from a range of disciplines. |
Marion Turner, Bart van Es, Helen Swift, John Watts, Elleke Boehmer |
15 November, 2019 |
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