Hey all,
I'm a little bit obsessed with my History of the English Language lecture course. The lecturer reads Caedmon's Hymn (first known poem written in english -- 7th century!) and it's so very beautiful that I sorta memorized it like a parrot and recorded it, as best I could, for librivox.
http://kayray.org/audiobooks/librivox/misc/caedmon_ks.mp3
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Question -- Should it go with the other short poetry in a collection? Should it be in Other Languages (it's incomprehensible to modern ears)? Should it be a single poem in the Poetry category? Is it too odd to distribute? :)
COMPLETE: Caedmon's Hymn - OL/kr
Kara
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Well, it is English, so it's English. But we often separate out Old and Middle English in things like lit courses, so...
How are we treating Chaucer or Beowulf?
If we're not giving separate sections in the catalogue, we should at least have Old or Middle English mentioned in the description, as a sort of Warning: The following contains English that does not sound like English. Please do not just your audio set. We repeat, your audio is functioning normally.
I say you could put it in the usual collection, but if you put it stand alone you could include some historic background info in the description, which I expect people would find interesting.
How are we treating Chaucer or Beowulf?
If we're not giving separate sections in the catalogue, we should at least have Old or Middle English mentioned in the description, as a sort of Warning: The following contains English that does not sound like English. Please do not just your audio set. We repeat, your audio is functioning normally.
I say you could put it in the usual collection, but if you put it stand alone you could include some historic background info in the description, which I expect people would find interesting.
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That sounded VERY cool, Kara! I'm giving some serious thought to buying that lecture series.
I particularly liked your intro to the work also.
I particularly liked your intro to the work also.
-Chip
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speaking of chaucer, are we doing in translation, or in middle english? i took a great course, and the prof insisted in reading it out loud ... was wonderful... still remember that first few lines of the prologue:
but to the question: I think this goes in a separate language, Middle English (is it Middle English? or Old English?) ...
now I hate to be a stickler, but i think maybe the intro should not mention the lecture series, sorta against our no ads policy
and I actually read most of the tales to myself out loud, doing my best immitaton of the pronounciation - made it so much easier to read actually...Whan that aprill with his shoures soote
The droghte of march hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
but to the question: I think this goes in a separate language, Middle English (is it Middle English? or Old English?) ...
now I hate to be a stickler, but i think maybe the intro should not mention the lecture series, sorta against our no ads policy
Awww, I wanted to give credit where credit was due. It's not an ad, really, is it? Does it come across as an ad? Is there a way I could pay homage to the lectures without sounding like an ad? But I can easily cut that bit out if you like, Hugh :) I also didn't want to sound as if I thought I was some kind of expert in Old English.hugh wrote:
but to the question: I think this goes in a separate language, Middle English (is it Middle English? or Old English?) ...
now I hate to be a stickler, but i think maybe the intro should not mention the lecture series, sorta against our no ads policy :roll:
Caedmon is Old English, very Old English. The Chaucer we are reading is a translation into mostly Modern English. You know what, Hugh? My German professor read us that beginning to The Canterbury Tales in real Middle English, too, and it was so beautiful. (My adored lecturer, Seth Lerer, reads the first 18 lines and some other bits!)
Kara
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Thanks, Chip, glad you liked listening. I had fun recording it!ChipDoc wrote:That sounded VERY cool, Kara! I'm giving some serious thought to buying that lecture series.
I particularly liked your intro to the work also.
Kara
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"Mary wished to say something very sensible into her Zoom H2 Handy Recorder, but knew not how." -- Jane Austen (& Kara)
Well if truth be told, it was that ad you put at the beginning of the poem which has me fixated on buying the lecture series...
-Chip
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Ooo, I just listened to this Kara, how cool! I say we catalog it as an other language project AND throw it into the current short poetry project. Why not?
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Ok, whatever you like :) I'm glad someone besides me thinks it's cool!LibraryLady wrote:Ooo, I just listened to this Kara, how cool! I say we catalog it as an other language project AND throw it into the current short poetry project. Why not? :)
I can edit out my mention of the Teaching Company, if y'all think I should, and re-upload tomorrow. I'll just put a link to the lectures on my page with the text :) (that's ok, isn't it?)
Kara
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Sounds good to me!
Annie Coleman Rothenberg
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Ok the link in the first post now points to the ad-free version :)
Oooooo I hate
my
Shatner-esque delivery in
the
intro.
Oh well. I'll go catalog it as a solo other-language project. Fee free to stick it in the poetry collection too, Annie :)
Oooooo I hate
my
Shatner-esque delivery in
the
intro.
Oh well. I'll go catalog it as a solo other-language project. Fee free to stick it in the poetry collection too, Annie :)
Kara
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Will do, thanks Kara!
Annie Coleman Rothenberg
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"I hear the sound I love, the sound of the human voice." ~Whitman
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