Thanks to everyone for your help so far--I've looked into the possibility of
e-texts, and researched the new Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, which
includes four of the works I wanted to assign in their entirety as well as a
healthy selection of medieval verse translated from Latin and the various
vernaculars. It also includes some Augustine and Aquinas, an excerpt from one
of the Viking sagas, and some medieval folk-tales. Almost what I'm looking for
all in one volume. Almost.
It falls short in the Arthurian department, containing only Marie de France,
Gawain, and selections from Malory--because I am constrained by the course
outline to focus more on Continental lit than British, I wanted to use French
versions of Arthur to fulfill that requirement, and Marie doesn't provide enough
to do an entire week on Arthur, as I had hoped.
Some of the other options, such as Bill East's suggestion of the Harrington are
appreciated, but the problem is that these summer classes are always iffy to
fill, and the more I ask them to spend on texts, the more likely it is that the
class will close because of low enrollment. Sad, but true, and as I recall, the
Harrington is close to $30. Combined with the individual texts, that's
approaching $125 for the course.
I'm currently in contact with my Norton rep to try and arrange some sort of
package deal--and I am most definitely going to include an online component to
the course. Can anyone remind me of where the Medieval Misconceptions site is
again? I had to reformat my hard drive, and all of my old bookmarks have
vanished to wherever lost information goes, presupposing, of course, that the
universe is a closed system.
Again, much thanks,
Ron Ganze
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