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<blockquote data-quote="Dioltach" data-source="post: 2970000" data-attributes="member: 21843">The Weirdstone is great. Have you read the sequel, The Moon of Gomrath? I was actually born in the area where the stories take place -- check the references to Macclesfield, my parents lived there shortly before I was born.Chaucer is good, but I think one of the problems is that his humor is not very accessible to modern readers (like Shakespeare's -- honestly, who really thinks a Shakespeare comedy is funny, except maybe some of the slapstick moments?). Try reading The Book of the Duchess and figuring out the historical references, and you'll definitely appreciate Chaucer's brilliance. Of course, the fact that he is rumoured to have been a secret agent for the King of England only makes him more intriguing ...On the subject of Middle English poetry, I can also suggest Pearl, if you're very patient, and the Middle English Breton Lays (or even translation of the French lays, like those of Marie de France), which are short and simple stories of love, adventure and magic. In fact, I wrote my Master's thesis on the Middle English Breton Lays, and called it &quot;Of Love and Magic&quot;.(Not to hijack the thread, but speaking of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, isn't &quot;Sword of the Valiant&quot; the worst movie ever?)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dioltach, post: 2970000, member: 21843"] The [i]Weirdstone[/i] is great. Have you read the sequel, [i]The Moon of Gomrath[/i]? I was actually born in the area where the stories take place -- check the references to Macclesfield, my parents lived there shortly before I was born. Chaucer is good, but I think one of the problems is that his humor is not very accessible to modern readers (like Shakespeare's -- honestly, who really thinks a Shakespeare comedy is funny, except maybe some of the slapstick moments?). Try reading [i]The Book of the Duchess[/i] and figuring out the historical references, and you'll definitely appreciate Chaucer's brilliance. Of course, the fact that he is rumoured to have been a secret agent for the King of England only makes him more intriguing ... On the subject of Middle English poetry, I can also suggest [i]Pearl[/i], if you're very patient, and the Middle English Breton Lays (or even translation of the French lays, like those of Marie de France), which are short and simple stories of love, adventure and magic. In fact, I wrote my Master's thesis on the Middle English Breton Lays, and called it "Of Love and Magic". (Not to hijack the thread, but speaking of [i]Sir Gawain and the Green Knight[/i], isn't "Sword of the Valiant" the worst movie ever?) [/QUOTE]

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