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Roman ALAN

Useless quote for 27 Apr:

"For of fortunes sharpe adversitee
The worst kinde of infortune is this,
A man to have ben in prosperitee,
And it remembren, whan it passed is."

~ Geoffrey Chaucer, "Troilus and Criseyde" Bk. III. lines 1625-1628 (mid -1380's)

[ For of Fortune’s harsh adversity
the worst kind of misfortune is this,
a man to have been in prosperity
and it remembered when it past is. (Trans. A.S. Kline, 2001)]

#UselessQuote#GeoffreyChaucer#Chaucer
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𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉

The Description Of Sir Geoffrey Chaucer
by Robert Greene (1558–1592)

HIS stature was not very tall,
Lean he was, his legs were small,
Hosed within a sock of red,
A buttoned bonnet on his head,
From under which did hang, I ween,
Silver hairs both bright and sheen.
His beard was white, trimmèd round,
His countenance blithe and merry found.
His sleeveless jacket large and wide,
With many plights and skirts side,
Of water camlet did he wear;
A whittle by his belt he wear,
His shoes were cornered, broad before,
His inkhorn at his side he wore,
And in his hand he bore a book.
Thus did this ancient poet look.

An old portrait of Sir Geoffrey Chaucer, with his coat of arms in the corner
#chaucer#WhanThatAprilleDay
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Canadian Curmudgeon

ianchadwick.com/blog/chaucers-
Chaucer’s dream journey also allows him to comment on the differences between reality and illusion, or more widely on the nature of perception. What is a dream, he asks, and what is a nightmare. Why do we all have different visions? Why do we dream at all? #chaucer

Scripturient · Chaucer’s House of FameRecently, while I was reading in bed — as is my nightly habit — I came across some lines (641-660) from Book II of Chaucer’s early poem, House of Fame, in a recently purchased book on his pro…
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Doc_McCullough

One of my favorite jokes from “A Knight’s Tale” (2001) is that Ulrich von Liechtenstein was an actual famous jouster, so using his name to sneak into a tournament would be like trying to sneak into the NFL under the name Tom Brady.

Additionally, he lived like 100 years before Chaucer, so perhaps it’s more like trying to get into the World Series today using the alias “Babe Ruth.”

#superbowl#medieval#chaucer
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Levka

#Chaucer #antisemitism #misogyny #espionage #CancelCulture

"In his July 2021 essay for the Times Literary Supplement, A.S.G. Edwards, professor of medieval manuscripts at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, laments the removal of Geoffrey Chaucer from university curricula. Edwards says he believes this disappearance may be propelled by a vocal cohort of scholars who see the 'father of English poetry' as a rapist, racist and antisemite.

The predicament would have amused Chaucer himself. Jewish and feminist scholars, among others, are shooting down one of their earliest and wisest allies. This is happening when new research reveals a Chaucer altogether different from what many current readers have come to accept. My decades of research show he was no raunchy proponent of bro culture but a daring and ingenious defender of women and the innocent.

As a medievalist who teaches Chaucer, I believe the movement to cancel Chaucer has been bamboozled by his tradecraft – his consummate skill as a master of disguise.

(. . .)

Critics cherry-pick quotations to support their claims about Chaucer. But if you examine his writings in detail, as I have, you’ll see themes of concern for women and human rights, the oppressed and the persecuted, reappear time and time again.

Chaucer the spy

Readers often assume Chaucer’s characters were a reflection of the writer’s own attitude because he is such a convincing role player. Chaucer’s career in the English secret service trained him as an observer, analyst, diplomat and master at concealing his own views.

In his teens, Chaucer became a confidential envoy for England. From 1359 to 1378, he graced English diplomatic delegations and carried out missions described in expense records only as 'the king’s secret business.'"

theconversation.com/calls-to-c

The ConversationCalls to cancel Chaucer ignore his defense of women and the innocent – and assume all his characters’ opinions are hisChaucer’s career as a secret agent helped him assume different disguises in his writing. Some scholars interpret this role-playing as Chaucer being sexist and anti-Semitic.
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