Tag Archives: Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale

The Poetry of Holy Bread

I share a church talk on “The Poetry of Bread” where I shared poems by Levertov, Ungar, Neruda, Underhill, and others.

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Summer Solstice Unleashes Dark Forces

Early works of Brit Lit used summer solstice imagery to explore clashes between Christian England and its pagan past.

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Chaucer Was No Sexist or Anti-Semite

In which I agree with a recent article defending Chaucer against charges of sexism and anti-Semitism.

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Chaucer’s Solution for Sexual Assault

What are we to do about all of our sexual assaulters, given that they probably number in the thousands? Chaucer’s Wife of Bath has an answer.

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