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Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400) was an English poet and author. Widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages, he is best known for The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer has been styled the "Father of English literature" and was the first writer buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. Chaucer also achieved fame in his lifetime as a philosopher and astronomer, composing the scientific A Treatise on the Astrolabe for his 10-year-old son Lewis

Beowulf (/ˈbeɪəwʊlf/; Old English: ) is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is 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 Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to by scholars as the "Beowulf poet".

Kökeritz - Beowulf Chaucer MP3 version. 1270 downloads at 23 mb/s. Kökeritz - Beowulf Chaucer FLAC version. 1714 downloads at 31 mb/s. Read By – Helge Kokeritz. Troilus And Criseyde, Bk. I, Is. 1-35. Read By – J. C. Pope.

Of the studies selected, the opening three deal with Old English, recasting the possibilities for the critical study of Beowulf, above all the relation between oral and written literary production.

Alison Becker talks about the day jobs held by the father of English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer. Although best known for his book The Canterbury Tales, English poet Geoffrey Chaucer wrote many poems in his lifetime. Learn more on Biography.

Though the Angles brought Beowulf with them to England, it has nothing to do with it. The epic is not even about the Anglo-Saxons, but about the Scandinavians when they lived on the continent in the 3rd or 4th century. The story of Beowulf was written down in the 10th century by an unknown author, and the manuscripts is now kept in the British Museum. Its social interest lies in the vivid description of the life of that period, of the manners and customs of the people at that time, of the relations among the members of the society and in the portrayal of their towns, ships and feasts.

From the first great epic of English poetry, Beowulf, to the captivating tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, explore the rich diversity of literary production in medieval England. You’ll hear from a range of experts and have the rare opportunity to encounter unique manuscripts from our collections, bringing the world of medieval literature to life