A poem about birds meeting in February to pick their mates is the first known example of Valentine’s day being connected with love.
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A whistle-stop tour of the history of placebos.
Summer is the time for road trips — and books that can take you on a journey of discovery.
When we feel under siege, Chaucer’s doomed love story during the battle for Troy might be just the distraction we need.
The Monty Python star was also a highly respected author on Chaucer and the writer of a series of children’s history books.
Valentine’s Day originated as a feast to celebrate the decapitation of a third-century Christian martyr, or perhaps two. It took a gruesome path to becoming a romantic holiday.
E L James’ BDSM fantasies and Chaucer’s 14th-century story raise the same age-old questions.
Old habits die hard.
The anxiety that young people are messing things up goes back centuries.
The series has divided critics: many have praised its sensitive depiction of rape and suicide, others have said it romantises taking one’s own life.
One of English poetry’s most recognisable voices has been memorialised in Westminster Abbey.
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How about some fowl play this Medieval Valentine’s day?
They’re rude, crude and uncouth. So what makes farts so funny?
The Refugee Tales is a modern reconstruction of Chaucer’s classic pilgrimage – this time, telling the largely unspoken realities of immigration detention.
Shakespeare didn’t ‘lol,’ but he did ‘ha, ha, he.’
Do English texts stay the same over the decades because there are no good modern books? Or because the process of selecting new books is just too hard?
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Lecturer in English, University of Liverpool
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Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
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Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of English Literature, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Philosophy & Religion, Taylor University
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Professor in English, University of Kent
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Research fellow, University of Oxford
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Professor and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare, University of Leicester
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Teaching Fellow in Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Glasgow
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Research Fellow in Modern and Contemporary Literature, University of Huddersfield
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Associate Lecturer, Bath Spa University
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Assistant Professor of English, Boston College
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Professor of History & Religion, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of English and Tutorial Fellow of Jesus College, University of Oxford
