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Geoffrey Chaucer: Poet and Pilgrim (1990)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 25 minutes), £95.00 [University rate]

This DVD uses explanatory narration, dramatised readings, medieval art, to explore Chaucer’s career, his usage of vernacular English, his wit, descriptive genius and power of characterisation.

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Helen Cooper and Chaucer’s Influence on Shakespeare (2020 Audio)

aka: Episode 92

Series

That Shakespeare Life

Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week she talks to Dr. Helen Cooper, University of Cambridge, on the influence of Geoffrey...

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The Canterbury Tales (1990)

Genre

Drama; Poetry

Two examples of LBC drama: the first, an excerpt from The Miller’s Tale, taken in turn from The Canterbury Tales (adapted by Mark Burgess; produced by Richard Shannon and Tim Crook), which won gold and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Wars of the Roses

Date

4 Jul 2017, 15:33

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Review

The Wars of the Roses UK. DVD. Illuminations. 505 minutes. £29.99. About the reviewer: Dr Jodi-Anne George is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Dundee. Her research interests include Old...

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Chaucer: Life and Times (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

CD-ROM

The complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer, with both the original text in the Riverside edition and corresponding translations (Penguin) that may be juxtaposed on the screen. Also includes a glossary; a...

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Canterbury Tales, The (1999 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2004 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Introduces Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales, featuring dramatised extracts with commentary; interpretation, comment and analysis, by Christiania Whitehead and Dr Peter Mack of the University of Warwick.

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Canterbury Tales, The (2001)

Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Subject

English language and literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 107 minutes), £14.99

Pasolini takes the role of Chaucer in a vivid and grotesque adaptation of some of Chaucer’s bawdy tales. The dual format Blu-Ray edition includes an alternative English-language version presented with...

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Canterbury Tales, The (2005)

Director

Marc Munden; John McKay; Julian Jarrold; Andy De Emmony

Producer

Kate Bartlett

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (300 minutes), £26 (IMC); £1,170 (BBC Active)

Six part drama series, consisting of retellings of six of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, updated for a modern audience and given a contemporary setting. Starring Julie Walters, James Nesbit, Billie...

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Our kind of town (1980)

Genre

Documentary; Interview

This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Lawrence Spicer and looks at the Barbican area of London, its regeneration and life in the village. Talks to: George Vine(?), chairman of the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Introduction to Literature (12 Parts) (1993)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 30 minutes each)

Professor Allan Gedalof and others discuss, analyse, and even perform literary works. The series aims to teach viewers to read critically, stressing the use of language, and provides analytical tools that...

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