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...Chaucer wrote the first poem in English celebrating Valentine’s Day and is the earliest writer we know of to associate the day with love and romance,” said English professor Nicholas J. Watson, who teaches a freshman seminar on the poet. Chaucer??s fourteenth century poem “Parliament of Fowls,” explains “For this was on seynt Volantynys day / Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese [choose] his make [mate].” The jump from bird breeding to human displays of affection for St. Valentine?...
...professor spent two classes lecturing on imaginary numbers in algebra, which made no sense.” 11) Mathematics 1a, “Introduction to Calculus:” “The professor spent two classes lecturing on the use of rhyme in Chaucer??s poetry, but I didn’t notice until someone pointed it out to me.” 12) Economics 1010a, “Microeconomic Theory:” “Microeconomic theory? More like macroeconomic theory! Am I right?!?” 13) Anthropology 1130, “Archaeology...
...Incredible): Not just a metaphoric superhero, Helen Parr is also a literal one. She proves that there are all sorts of advantages to being flexible—like saving the day. 1. The Wife of Bath: Said to be one of the first feminist characters in literature, Chaucer??s Wife of Bath knows how to live the good life. Five husbands, a trip to Canterbury, and 600 years later, she’s still as sassy as ever. —Emily G.W. Chau ’08 is the outgoing Campus Arts editor. She apologizes...
...says Brinkman. “You get your blue-rinsed geriatric retirees who are there because they remember Chaucer positively and your hip-hop heads next to them....I feel like that really represents the spirit of ‘The Canterbury Tales,’ because Chaucer??s pilgrims are a really diverse group.” Brinkman says he and the English department are trying to reschedule an appearance at Harvard later in the year, but if you can’t wait until then, his new album, Lit-Hop, will be available on iTunes soon...
...sensibilities. Note the many points of intersection between “banned books” lists and “great books” courses. Before Allen Ginsberg’s Howl, there is James Joyce’s Ulysses. Well before either come Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, Geoffrey Chaucer??s Canterbury Tales, and Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron, all of which were banned in the United States under the Comstock Law of 1873, prohibiting the sale of “lewd,” “indecent,” “filthy...