Daily Archives: January 20, 2011

I’ve always thought that the history of “Canterbury Tales” was interesting. If there are so many different manuscripts, which one is the “real” one? What was Chaucer’s original intent? How can we separate his words from those of later editors? … Continue reading →

When I first read the Canterbury Tales in high school, I was amazed when I was told that there existed many versions of the manuscript. With little background on the era in which Chaucer wrote, It came as a shock … Continue reading →

Although I am an English major, I actually had not been aware of how recently the academic study of English was developed. I mean, the study as we know it today hasn’t even really hit it’s one-hundredth birthday. As compared … Continue reading →