The Birthday Party

. At a glance Harold Pinter was working as an actor in England when he stayed briefly at a dilapidated boardinghouse that would serve as his inspiration for both The Birthday Party and The Room. As he has explained in many published works, he wrote more from...

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Beowulf

Beowulf Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is arguably one of the most important works of Old English literature. The date of composition is a matter of contention among scholars; the only certain dating pertains to the manuscript, which was produced between 975 and 1025. The author was an anonymous...

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The Nun's Priest's Tale 2

. . The Nun’s Priest’s Tale . Click here for the Summary and Analysis - The Nun's Priest's Tale 1 . . .Epilogue to The Nun's Priest's Tale The Host, praises the tale as "myrie", and then, as he did with the Monk, suggests that the Nun's Priest would be an excellent breeding man (trede-foul) if only he were allowed to breed - for...

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The Nun's Priest's Tale

. . . The Nun’s Priest’s Tale . The Nun’s Priest’s Tale, one of the 24 stories in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” is based on the medieval tale of Reynard the Fox, common to French, Flemish, and German literature. The protagonist of this mock-heroic story is Chanticleer, a rooster with seven wives, foremost...

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