tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post9057352868068612817..comments2023-05-22T03:04:42.242-05:00Comments on Dame Eleanor Hull: Review re-runDame Eleanor Hullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post-15675964494201506472010-10-29T11:03:47.365-05:002010-10-29T11:03:47.365-05:00Anon: I am told that it is possible for individual...Anon: I am told that it is possible for individuals to order the paperback complete Riverside from UK booksellers. I doubt this would work for a whole class, at least if you have large classes, but for 10-12 students who can do some advance planning, it might work out. Or, if you're a grad student, order your copy now and use it whenever you take the Chaucer class.Dame Eleanor Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post-88546364147317855502010-10-27T11:19:51.367-05:002010-10-27T11:19:51.367-05:00Can one even get the paperback complete Riverside ...Can one even get the paperback complete Riverside in the US? My bookstore can't order it due to the publishing deals that have been set up; I've been told repeatedly it's for non-US markets only. Is there a workaround of some kind?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post-41447200386190390392010-10-26T12:23:23.758-05:002010-10-26T12:23:23.758-05:00Go back and don't feel guilty! :)Go back and don't feel guilty! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post-75743862978603470602010-10-26T10:48:31.518-05:002010-10-26T10:48:31.518-05:00Oh, yeah, sorry. No matter what I order, the book...Oh, yeah, sorry. No matter what I order, the bookstore gets the giant hardcover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post-15958614580935699982010-10-26T10:34:53.547-05:002010-10-26T10:34:53.547-05:00Meg, I don't understand: the Broadview & R...Meg, I don't understand: the Broadview & Riverside CT (the paperback, not the complete Chaucer) are close to the same size. Were you assigning the hardback before? I can't say I'm noticing any difference with mine keeping up with the reading in Broadview vs the Riverside CT.Dame Eleanor Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post-44104178266199848232010-10-26T09:50:32.747-05:002010-10-26T09:50:32.747-05:00I switched to the Broadview last time round too. ...I switched to the Broadview last time round too. Some of the things you point out I didn't notice; others I noticed but decided not to care about.<br /><br />I found that my students absorbed the informational material in the back much better with the Broadview, and generally kept up with the reading much better. When I asked them about this, they said it was because they could carry it with them, whereas the Riverside sat on their desks except for being hauled to class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post-82642138571884691862010-10-26T08:38:26.280-05:002010-10-26T08:38:26.280-05:00Exactly. The complete Riverside, here, is huge, h...Exactly. The complete Riverside, here, is huge, heavy and unwieldy. I require it for graduate students, but would not recommend it to undergrads. Also, I have a vanishingly small number of students who plan further ME studies. Most of them come around to thinking Chaucer has his points, but they all begin by expecting torture. Few have any great interest in the Middle Ages.Dame Eleanor Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post-84031104601840908362010-10-26T05:03:49.152-05:002010-10-26T05:03:49.152-05:00Nakedphilologist, we down under have the British p...Nakedphilologist, we down under have the British paperback, but up over the complete Riverside is a big really heavy hardback. You've seen mine no? Not so student friendly ...LanglandinSydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02076779340305316211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post-19042343928637679802010-10-25T23:49:45.344-05:002010-10-25T23:49:45.344-05:00The Riverside is lovely :)
If you're setting ...The Riverside is lovely :)<br /><br />If you're setting that one, perhaps recommend to students who plan to do further Middle English study that they buy the complete Riverside instead? The cost difference would be offset, for those students, by the bulk saving. My second-hand Riverside cost me about the same as the Norton collection of Chaucer's Dream-Visions, and was far more useful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com