WEEK
THIRTEEN WORDS
"RETRACTION"
from "worldy vanitees"
ROMAN DE LA ROSE DANTE
PETRARCH
BOCCACCIO
GRISELDA (Clerk's Tale)
ELLESMERE MS (Huntington Library)
KITTREDGE
GENTILESSE
CHRETIEN DE TROYES, "CLIGES"
EXEMPLUM
Cant., iv. 2: "Hortus inclusum"
1. Something on Chaucer's life and aims in
writing the Tales..
2. The "Marriage Group",
with some suggestions on individual tales.
Anyone
who feels she or he
remains unclear about what you have to do to write a good "History"
paper may find it worthwhile to take a look at
the guidance tips I
wrote for another of my classes a while back