The Western Literary Canon in Context, Parts I-III

Author / Editor
Bowers, John M.

Title
The Western Literary Canon in Context, Parts I-III

Published
Chantilly, Va.: The Teaching Company, 2008.

Physical Description
6 CD-ROMs; 1 booklet (iv, 209 pp.)

Series
The Great Courses, no. 2120.

Description
Audio-visual recording of thirty-six lectures by Bowers (on topics ranging from the Bible to Tolkien and postcolonialism), illustrated with occasional still pictures and linguistic examples. One thirty-minute lecture (Lecture 17, "Chaucer--The Father of English Literature") pertains to Chaucer's place in literary tradition, particularly his relationships with medieval Continental literature and his establishment and reception as "father" of English literature. The booklet (pp. 76-80) includes an outline of the lecture, with brief summary and study questions.

Chaucer Subjects
Recordings and Films
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion