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An ear for writing

An ear for writing

How reading aloud can make you a better writer

Oct 27, 2023
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Goooooooooooood morning, afternoon, or evening, wherever you might happen to be!

When I’m teaching a survey course on medieval literature, one of my favourite moments is when I get to tell students that most of medieval literature was written to be heard. Though literacy rose in the later Middle Ages, most people would have encountered medieval poems and…

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