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"The main required text was the massive 1000+ page Robinson edition of the Complete Works, which was an Oxford paperback printed in double columns. Mine fell apart well before the end of the year."
:-) I love the concrete, tangible nature of this image. Happy days.
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Whan that Aprill commes
And bathes every veyne
Soote swich licour#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #April #Rain #Chaucer #CanterburyTales #Prologue #Literature #Medieval #Poetry #Ohio #USA #Photography #2026
April 6, 2026
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It's a circuitous route via Greek, Latin, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Shakespeare (and others) to get from Pandaros in the Iliad to "pander" in English.
#TheIliad #Greek #Latin #Boccaccio #Chaucer #Shakespeare #Pandaros #pander #etymology
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Whan that Aprille with
His shoures soote, the droghte
Of March hath perced#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Chaucer #GeoffreyChaucer #CanterburyTales #Canterbury #Prologue #Spring #Rain #Renewal #NewLife #Pilgrimage
April 5, 2025
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I got absorbed by the poetry section. I got two Chaucers so I can read the old version and a modern one.