Tuesday, March 12, 2019

'A Presentment of Englishry' is now available for purchase online

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A Presentment of Englishry is now available from the American, British and Australian Amazons, as well as from the bookdepository, di...
Friday, March 8, 2019

A Presentment of Englishry.

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Are you English? A Presentment of Englishry in the 11 th century was th e offering of proof that a slain person was E...
Sunday, January 27, 2019

Rewriting the Middle Ages, James Harpur's 'Kells' 3/3b

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This is the fourth, final post about James Harpur's 'Kells'.  Opinionating in progress.  Does it matter if Harpur’s Gerald ...
Friday, January 25, 2019

Old and Early Middle English

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Perhaps obvious, but still interesting to compare readings of Old English with  Laȝamon's early Middle English. 'Maldon' was ob...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

James Harpur's 'Kells', rewriting the middle ages, 'Gerald of Wales'. 3/3a

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The third poem in 'Kells' is ‘Gerald of Wales’. Leaving aside the quality of Harpur’s poetry, which I’ve already praised, ‘Gerald...
Friday, January 11, 2019

James Harpur 'Kells', Scribe B and rewriting the middle ages 2/3

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Part two In ‘Scribe B’ , the second section of 'Kells' in The  White  Silhouette,  James Harpur invents a character for someone w...
Friday, January 4, 2019

James Harpur, 'Kells' and rewriting the middle ages. 1/3

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James’ Harpur’s ‘Kells’ is a sequence of 4 poems in his book ‘The White Silhouette’ (Carcanet 2018). Harpur rewrites the middle ages in way...