Anonymous: “Fowls in the Frith”

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2.1 "Intentional Fowls & Fallacies"

“Fowles in the Frith” (supplement)

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Anonymous - “Fowles in the Frith” (Waywords)

2+ Bonus Episode

Anonymous - “Fowles in the Frith” (members)

Foweles in the frith,
The fisses in the flod,
And I mon waxe wod.
Sulch sorw I walke with
For beste of bon and blod.

“Put another way, the Canon of literature was an historical ‘conspiracy’ to create ideal readers, not about the best writers.“

Chapters

Ch1 - Intro
Ch2 - The Challenge of the Text
Ch3 - A Close Reading
Ch4 - Some Ways to Meaning
Ch5 - Essence of the Short Poem - Emily Dickinson
Ch6 - Medieval Songs and Philosophy
Ch7 - A History of Authorship
Ch8 - 99% Perspiration
**Ch9 - Related Works
**Ch10 - Who’s Your Daddy?
**Ch11 - Authorship and Ego
**Ch12 - Poetry Challenges the Sacred
Ch13 - Romantic Ego, Disintegration, and the Book
**Ch14 - Authors Absent and Present
Ch15 - BeFowling the Canon
Ch16 - Reason in the Frith
Ch 17 - Outro

**Available to our members on Episode 2+ (the full bonus episode)

Several years ago, I created a series of videos that examined various facets of literary theory. Here is one, a discussion between a student and T.S. Eliot which argues how the New Critics understand the Intentional Fallacy and making meaning from the text.

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Bibliography for Main Episode

Borges, Jorge Luis. Professor Borges: A Course on English Literature. New Directions Publishing, 2013.

Burch, Michael. “Fowles in the Frith: A Modern English Translation of an Anonymous Medieval English Lyric, circa 13th-14th Century AD.” The Hypertexts. https://thehypertexts.com/Fowles%20in%20the%20Frith%20Modern%20English%20Translation%20Medieval%20English%20Poem%20Michael%20R.%20Burch.htm.

Debita, Gabriela. The Re-Emergence of Medieval Authorship Models in Contemporary Genres. 7th ed., https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341762775_The_Re-Emergence_of_Medieval_Authorship_Models_in_Contemporary_Genres, 2017.

“‘Foweles in the Frith.’” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foweles_in_the_frith. Accessed 1 Oct. 2021.

Fowles in the Frith (Middle English Lyric). https://luminarium.org/medlit/medlyric/fowles.php.

Ispir, Cristian. “Medieval Streaming.” 18 Oct. 2021, https://biblonia.com/2021/10/18/medieval-streaming/.

Lumina Vocal Ensemble. “Medieval Music - Fowles in the Frith, Anon.” YouTube, 8 Mar. 2011, https://youtube.com/watch?v=y5Tu50o-GXc.

Miller, David Lee. “Review: Poetic License: Authority and Authorship in Medieval and Renaissance Contexts .” South Atlantic Review, May 1988, jstor.org/stable/3199919.

Norris, Paul. “Poem of the Week: Foweles in the Frith.” 30 Nov. 2018, https://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/poem-of-the-week-foweles-in-the-frith/.

“Origin: Fowles in the Frith (Middle English).” MudCat Cafe: Lyrics and Knowledge, mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2386. Accessed 1 Oct. 2021.

Palti, Kathleen. The Bound Earth in “Patience” and Other Middle English Poetry on JSTOR. 15 Oct. 2021, jstor.org/stable/44087190.

Pittaway, Ian. “Foweles in Þe Frith (Birds in the Wood): Mystery and Beauty in a 13th Century Song.” Early Music Muse, 21 July 2021, https://earlymusicmuse.com/fowelesinthefrith/.

“Roman de La Rose.” British Library, bl.uk/collection-items/roman-de-la-rose. Accessed 15 Oct. 2021.

Seaton, William. The Aesthetics of Ambiguity in a Medieval Lyric. 1 Dec. 2012, williamseaton.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-aesthetics-of-ambiguity-in-medieval.html.

Weiss, David. Poetry’s Bagatelle on JSTOR. jstor.org/stable/20154625.

Youmans, Marly. Fowles in the Frith. 28 May 2016, thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2016/05/fowles-in-frith.html.

Young, David. The Names of a Hare in English: Les Noms de Un Levre En Englais on JSTOR. jstor.org/stable/20592843.

Bibliography for Intentional Fallacy Supplement

Barthes, Roland. “‘The Death of the Author.’” Image, Music, Text, 1977, sites.tufts.edu/english292b/files/2012/01/Barthes-The-Death-of-the-Author.pdf.

Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory. U of Minnesota Press, 2008.

Fernflores, Rachel. “Beyond the Intentional Fallacy.” Literature and Aesthetics, Dec. 2010, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/LA/article/view/5024.

Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised. Harper Collins, 2014.

Foucault, Michel. “‘What Is An Author?’” Modernity and Its Discontents, 1969, open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/624849/mod_resource/content/1/a840_1_michel_foucault.pdf.

Frye, Northrop. Anatomy of Criticism. Princeton University Press, 2000.

Knapp, Steven, and Walter Benn Michaels. “Against Theory .” Critical Inquiry, 1982, jstor.org/stable/1343194.

Loter, Jim. Adventures in Authorland: Or Rethinking Intellectual History and the Death of the Author. 1995, https://jimloter.com/essays/authorship.html.

Palermo, Charles. “Intention and Interpretation.” Nonsite.Org, 1 July 2012, https://nonsite.org/introduction-intention-and-interpretation/.

Ricks, Christopher. “In Theory.” London Review of Books, 16 Apr. 1981, https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v03/n07/christopher-ricks/in-theory.

Rosmarin, Adena. “On the Theory of ‘Against Theory’ .” Critical Inquiry, June 1983, jstor.org/stable/1343385.

Shepherd, Reginald. “On the Intentional Fallacy by Reginald Shepherd | Poetry Foundation.” Poetry Foundation, 28 Oct. 2021, poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/2008/03/on-the-intentional-fallacy.

Ward, Matt. “Against Against Theory - A Mind for Madness.” A Mind for Madness, 17 Feb. 2016, amindformadness.com/2016/02/against-against-theory/.

Wimsatt, W., and MC. Beardsley. The Intentional Fallacy on JSTOR. 28 Oct. 2021, jstor.org/stable/27537676.