An excellent book, including a cassette tape, on how vocal performance can affect the interpretation of Chaucer's characters is Betsy Bowden's Chaucer Aloud: The Varieties of Textual ... From The Canterbury Tales ... The General Prologue, ll. 1-18 read by Jess B. Bessinger, from the old Caedmon Recording;
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About The Canterbury Tales:; Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories in a frame story, between 1387 and 1400. It is the story of a group of thirty people who travel ... The Canterbury Tales : Prologue ... The General Prologue, lines 1-18, with translation: Read Aloud (Click here for sound)
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Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, ... You will learn by heart the first 18 lines of the "General Prologue" and recite them for me in my office before the fourth week of class. You will choose another 25 lines to read aloud with reasonably correct Middle English pronunciation and unreasonable enthusiasm.
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The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the remaining twenty-two in verse). The tales are contained inside a frame tal...
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Chaucer: Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, (ca. 1380-1400) ... Online Reading Aloud: Click here for a web page linked to a performance of the first 34 lines of the "General Prologue" read by Alan Barragona of VMI.
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Canterbury Tales included in your literature book and any introductory material included. ... required to read aloud from “The Prologue” those ...
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Amazon.com: The Canterbury Tales (Norton Critical Editions)
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The tales are funny, dirty, odd stories (like an English version of "The Decameron") told in striking, blood-stirring rhyme and rhythm. Hearing them read aloud was like music to the ear. ... Overall, I would definitely recommend having a copy of The Canterbury Tales on your shelf. Some tales are easier to read than others.
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1: Whan that aprill with his shoures soote 2: The droghte of march hath perced to the roote, 3: And bathed every veyne in swich licour 4: Of which vertu engendred is the flour; 5: Whan zephirus eek with his sweete breeth 6: Inspired hath in every holt and heeth 7: ... 12: Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages, 13:
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The original brief was "Imagine everyone from your school was going on the pilgrimage to Canterbury. What titles might you give to ... The Cook's Tale, alas, did not enthrall; For when the turn on her did fall; Despite our heartfelt desparate pleas; She just read out her recipes. ... 'What decreest thou?' and speak them aloud;
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of the General Prologue and sixteen tale ... This edition is made available in eighteen files. You will need to use the Adobe Acrobat Reader or browser plug-in to view these eighteen files: ... General Prologue...
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