Monthly Archives: March 2016

‘Abide, Ye Who Pass By’: A Poem for Good Friday

Posted on March 25, 2016 by lauravarnam

For Good Friday, I wanted to share a fourteenth-century Middle English lyric that I have been working on recently (from Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 175). It’s  written in the voice of Christ in three stanzas and addresses the … Continue reading →

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Teaching with Twitter: An Experiment with Chaucer’s Troilus

Posted on March 14, 2016 by lauravarnam

This rather long post begins with a reflection on my teaching methods for my first and second year courses on Old and Middle English literature at University College, Oxford. I then introduce the context and background for my experiment of … Continue reading →

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#WorldBookDay: Printing in the Bodleian

Posted on March 4, 2016 by lauravarnam

For #WorldBookDay the Univ librarians, Elizabeth and Emily, arranged to take my first year English students to the Bodleian library to use the hand-press printers and print one of Shakespeare’s sonnets! We had a fantastic time and I wanted to … Continue reading →

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