There are and have been such giants in every civilization and every country in the world’s history. Let’s acquaint ourselves with two British literary giants – Geoffrey (with a grand first name!) ...

“ They aim at it And botch the words up fit to their own thoughts.” Hamlet, IV. v. 9, 10. THE ascendency which much of our English literature holds over us is too largely one of opinion. There is a ...

For the second time in as many years, New Zealand’s secondary school English curriculum will be rewritten, a move which has generated disquiet from teachers and academics alike. The revised year 7-13 ...

Half of the people in the English department at my community college share a guilty secret that we’ve been hiding from our students for years: We love South Park. Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s ...

Geoffrey Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale is renowned for its salacious storyline of sexual misadventure. Set in 14th-century Oxford, it tells the tale of John the Carpenter, a husband so terrified that ...