Before Cervantes, Spenser, Marlowe and Shakespeare was Malory, and before Malory came Chaucer. Which do you love most?
Before Cervantes, Spenser, Marlowe and Shakespeare was Malory, and before Malory came Chaucer.
Which do you love most?
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Spenser!
Now I’m checking TV Guide to see if it’s playing anywhere!!!
Parker will live for ever!
I have most of his original books.
Shakespeare, of course, but don’t forget Boccaccio. The Decameron was a more fun read than Canterbury Tales.
Chaucer, hands down!
It has to be Chaucer.
I have not read anything from any of them (even Shakespeare, at least I know his works ☺️) I had to Google some of them to find out who they were. ? Where do you source your reading material for the likes of Malory or Chaucer?
If you like the stories of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table, read Malory’s “Le Morte d’Arthur.” Then, follow it up with Steinbeck’s “The Acts of King Arthur and His Knights,” Steinbeck was a lifelong fan of these tales.
@Lorrie I do like King Arthur (the movies anyway) will see if I can get ‘Le Morte d’Arthur’ from my library.
@Sandra, I get most of my books from interlibrary loan. I can pretty much access the entire state that way.
Chaucer.
I like Chaucer for his earthiness. His women are all very strong characters, outspoken and bold in a way that resonates today. I also like that he produces what seems to be the first portrait of the English as a cross section of society.
Mallory is more lyrical, imo, but also more divorced from reality. Le Morte d’Arthur seems to have little to do with the day to day, it is all about high ideals and base motives.
They both have a place and I’d not exchange either.
@Helen good explanation of the difference between th two.
Chaucer…bawdy, realistic, earthy…
To love or not to love, that is the question.
Actually Shakespeare, but I have very fond memories of reading Chaucer in the original Middle English for a University course. I’ve only read Malory in my native language, but I really want to read him in the original some day.
I actually enjoy Chaucer.best way to read Chaucer is aloud
Chaucer
Shakespeare hands down, but I want to delve more into Spenser.
Before all of these these gents, there was KING SOLOMON!
Cool!
Cervantes, of course (I’m half Spanish)
After Malory, came Raymond Chandler (for pulp buffs) ?
(and after Cervantes, Dostoevsky / Laurel & Hardy) ?
I loved The Long Goodbye!
Before Chaucer, Boccaccio.
Chaucer!
Shakespeare always!
Chaucer