Sorry to cross post, but I'm trying to solicit as much advice as I can
on this.
I've been possibly tapped to teach an interdisciplinary Comparative
Lit/History course this summer entitled Medieval World. I've already
decided on a few major texts to cover, to include Cantor's Civilization
of the Middle Ages (it's a GE course as well as an upper-division
course, so I wanted a more general history--if anyone has any
inexpensive suggestions as a replacement, please opine), The Song of
Roland, The Death of King Arthur, Julian of Norwich, Chaucer/Boccaccio
(selections), and The Inferno, with possibly a Viking saga as well,
depending on if I can make it fir.
But, what I need is some sort of anthology to supplement this. I'd like
something that has some Augustine, Boethius, Aquinas, et. al., as well
as some poetry of the Troubadours, Latin verses, other short verses
(perhaps to include some Anglo-Saxon poetry and some Middle English
Lyrics), and maybe a few excepts from contemporary historical accounts.
I have Cantor's "Medieval Reader," but it falls short in the literature
department, and the excerpts it does include are too short, in my
opinion.
I've scoured publishers' catalogs, and can find nothing like what I'm
looking for. Am I just deluding myself that such an anthology exists
and is still in print?
Also, I recall Penguin used to publish a selection of Medieval Latin
poetry--but, it is no longer in their catalog, and I cannot find it in
the bookstores. Has that, too, gone out of print?
Sorry this is neither strictly religious nor strictly Anglo-Saxon, but I
need to submit a proposed syllabus ASAP, and my desperation is building.
Thanks,
Ron Ganze
CSU, Long Beach
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