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Caney Fork 10/11/08
My grandfather came into town again, so we had to go fishing. He was spoiled by all the fish we caught a couple weeks ago, and wanted more action... There wasn't much action to be had. I rented a kayak so I could see if I wanted to buy one of my own. It was a hassle but a lot of fun.
I caught 2 rainbows, one about 8 inches the other about 10. I caught a spunky 12 inch brown that lept out of the water multiple times, and used his tail to "walk" across the water so I thought that was really cool. I did have a question- I lost 3 fish on my EHC indicator. I hooked into one, stunned the other two. Why do I keep losing them? Should I tie the tippet for the dropper up near the fly materials instead of on the hook itself? It's not a matter of waiting, I tried that one. I've heard about waiting until you see their fin, did that, and one I didn't even know took the fly until I saw it under water, he was the one I hooked but I didn't even have him on the line 10 seconds.
I went below the dam today. Had some action on my red indicator (three strikes), caught one on my olive zebra midge, but he got off. Tried a white scud, but nothing. The guy next to me said that a white bugger was working. I saw another guy striping a streamer or bugger or something and he caught two in the hour and a half that I was there. Looks like streamers are the way to go.
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Young Latino Students Don't See Themselves in Books, according to the New York Times. Hispanic students make up nearly a quarter of public school students, but only a small fraction of characters in books for elementary students.
The main characters in the most popular books are white with African-American, Asian or Hispanic characters more likely to appear in supporting roles.
"Kids do have a different kind of connection when they see a character that looks like them or they experience a plot or a theme that relates to something they've experienced in their lives," said Jane Fleming, an assistant professor at the Erikson Institute, a graduate school in early childhood development in Chicago.
She and Sandy Ruvalcaba Carrillo, an elementary school teacher in Chicago who works with students who speak languages other than English at home, reviewed 250 book series aimed at second to fourth graders and found just two that featured a Latino main character.
The Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, which compiles statistics about the race of authors and characters in children's books published each year, found that in 2011, just over 3 percent of the 3,400 books reviewed were written by or about Latinos, a proportion that has not changed much in a decade.
Common Core State Standards' list of suggested books for early elementary students contains black characters and authors, but few Latinos. More will be added, said Susan Pimentel, one of the lead writers. "We are determined to make this right."
"Research on a direct link between cultural relevance in books and reading achievement at young ages is so far scant," reports the Times. I think that means there is no evidence. But that doesn't stop academics from worrying that kids will feel alienated "if all they read is Judy Blume or characters in the Magic Treehouse series who are white and go on adventures." (What about white kids who don't have a magic treehouse that provides adventures?)
At Bayard Taylor Elementary in Philadelphia, a school where three-quarters of the students are Latino, Kimberly Blake, a third-grade bilingual teacher, said she struggles to find books about Latino children that are "about normal, everyday people." The few that are available tend to focus on stereotypes of migrant workers or on special holidays. "Our students look the way they look every single day of the year," Ms. Blake said, "not just on Cinco de Mayo or Puerto Rican Day."
On a recent morning, Ms. Blake read from "Amelia's Road" by Linda Jacobs Altman, about a daughter of migrant workers. Of all the children sitting cross-legged on the rug, only Mario said that his mother had worked on farms.
However, a book that colors every fourth child brown may be accused of tokenism.
As a reading tutor, I see a lot of books for young children that feature animals — especially cats, bats and rats. They sit on mats and try on hats. Humans are named Nan, Fran, Pam, Sam, Tam, Tim and Sim. It's not a rich cultural milieu for children of any background. I can tell you what little girls of all colors and creeds long to read: the Pinkalicious series. Sadly, my kids can only handle "tan" and "red."
"A good book is a good book is a good book," writes author Nikki Grimes in Color Me Perplexed. "The single most important question we should ask when considering a book for our classroom or library shelves is, is the book any good?"
When I was researching Our School (which makes a lovely holiday gift), I saw students from Mexican immigrant families fall in love with Harry Potter books. The kids weren't British or pale skinned. They weren't wizards either. They liked the story.

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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Stunning as alwaysIn full: Great parking. Love the early start as it gives you the rest of the day. Good registration and chip / number collection method. Okay facilities. Chip timing was very good.Marshals were very friendly and helpful - full of cheer and smiles. The route is glorious (a few challenging bits that make you work).Just love this event. QUALITY QUALITY medal - worth it's weight in gold. Banana, water and chocy bar after - also home cooked snacks for sale to raise money for the school.Another fine job Darent Valley.Thanks go also to Anthony Roper school and the very patient drivers who were held up for a while.Date of review: April 20, 2015
In short: Flat with PB all over it (sting at half way point)In full: 1st time here for me. Good parking, good facilities (could do with more porta loos). Good organisation, loads of marshals, plenty of water and supportive spectators. Flat course on the sea front. Little sting of a hill at the 5 mile turn point. Happy with the medal (engraved with location and date).Nice club. LOADS of other clubs were there in large numbers.Thank you FolkstoneDate of review: April 4, 2015
In short: Always a run i will doIn full: Like clockwork guys. Great facilities, parking, organisation - everything.Beware that if you were spotted wearing headphones you would be left of the results list.Having moved the date of this event I was pleased to discover that the reason was to now start doing a full marathon at 8pm! and if you complete it before midnight, you get a technical T-shirt as well as a medal.Overall a fab race with a couple of killer hills.Date of review: April 4, 2015
In short: Fantastic as usualIn full: Yet again, Dartford put on a great event. All staff were fantastic, supportive, encouraging and full of smiles. It was great to see the Scouts and Beavers handing out water. Thanks also to the marshals and the patient vehicle drivers being held at junctions.The course is a challenging one with several hills to test you. Thankfully it wasn't too hot this time but I was glad I took my bladder pack with me.The medal was ok -ish, but good to see that it had the date on it. Perhaps something more that just a banana at the end.A word of warning - They were strict on headphone use this year. You were warned that they would not be permitted and I did see several officials on the route looking out for, and noting down, AND using their radio to report back to base any offending race numbers.Date of review: July 16, 2014
In short: PB for sure, challenge yourself. Friendly clubIn full: 2nd time for me. Last year a PB sub 45 min, just under the 46 min this time but had recovered from injury, and it was windy.Great venue, great facilities, GREAT atmosphere. The officials and marshals are top draw and very supportive. Course in generally flat but with a couple of digs to keep you on ya toes. Its all pavement / road but traffic was well controlled. There were clear K markers too. Water station half way and at the end. Inside there were goodies for sale to eat. Bag storage well organised, parking great.Thanks Larkfield.Date of review: May 11, 2014
In short: A challenge physically and being a circuit with off road, if wet, could be very tough.In full: A very respectable 1st event for Ashford and I am chuffed I did it. Despite recovering from and injury, I was most happy to come in just under 2hrs given that the course was part off-road and with a couple of testing hills.I did love the start / finish on track, as it lended itself to a real race atmosphere, with supporters and timing clocks.I do enjoy off road and was happy with the mix here. I imagine it would have been carnage if it had been raining.The marshals were plentiful and happy in their role. The route was generally light in traffic. The water / refreshment stations were well stocked will all sorts of goodies.The goodie bag was perhaps a light, but the medal was quality. Parking more than adequate, bag storage was very secure. Facilities champion. Staff top draw.My only niggle was the bottle-neck at the narrow bridge and it being slippy. I did witness a woman falling over there and she did appear shocked but thankfully not injured. I appreciate that this route is perhaps a club runners 10k which has been made official for the events and apart from getting some sort of temporary bridge structure in place for next year (perhaps approach the local TA / cadets to provide something and help marshal), I can think of no other solution.Overall - A quality event that I am sure will grow in popularity.Date of review: December 4, 2013
In short: My local. Great kids involvement. Good organisation. Great venueIn full: I am told this was the 3rd year for this event. I wish I had done them all as I am so local (must have been working). Our group all met up at the start point in time to watch the kids set off. Great family and friends support with loads of clapping and encouragement for the kids. They get a medal too.The mayor set started us off with a countdown (about 140 runners - several clubs represented and many solo entries). Ground was soft and mixture of grass and cinder track. A convolving route through the park. Three circuits, one water station, water only.couple of short inclines which are placed to drain and hurt. Thankfully the last 300m are downhill.Atmosphere was great with good marshalling, signage and directions. Timekeepers were on the ball for finishers. Okay medal, but disappointed that the ribbon was cut, threaded trough and tied in a knot! Why wasn't a reef knot not used? Just made the medal tatty looking.I would imagine that with some work, this venue could become something better. There is loads of ground, a play park, railway, paddling pool, bumper cars, bouncy castle for the kids, toilets, cafe and parking. On that note I was told that council demanded car park fees. I understand that ordinarily there are no fees for parking! Sneaky.I will do this event again as the little club need support.Thanks to all involved.Date of review: September 9, 2013
In short: OVEN HOT - slick event, special race - hard work.In full: Someone turned the oven up on this one. 30 degrees, little wind....phewww!Organisation was top draw with ample parking, great facilities, FANTASTIC staff and marshals, helpers, members of public with hose pipes and jelly babies.I was anxious at the distance in this heat and had every reason to be so. Dusty path caused a few issues to begin with but can't argue as the heat cooked us all. There was no way I was going to get under 2hrs. Plenty of water stations with loads of liquid (isotonic), and also orange segments. The lake is huge (actually it's about 15 miles around - funny that!) but so very beautiful to look at (actually I was very tempted to just run on into it). The general public were very patient and full of +ve comments and encouragement.Direction spot on (simple really - keep the lake to your right). I was BLOWN away with the goods available for free at the end - SO MUCH CAKE and tasty beer (thank you cake makers). There was a band there to trump trump you in, and a very good piper too. As normal, all runners were positively family like in friendliness.Wadhurst Runners - hold you heads up high - such a fantastic event.Oh by the way - I must have drunk 2 ltrs and sweated as much into the lake it was THAT hot. Shame I had to go to work for 10 hours after and not have a BBQ with my mates. Booooo Date of review: July 7, 2013
In short: PB certainty here if you push out. Great event - has made my year 'cos I got a sub 45In full: A PB course this. I had a naff nights sleep but was defiant - I wasn't going to let sleep deprivation snatch from me what I have been desperate for these last few years - a sub 45 10K.Got to the great venue for chip pickup. Ample facilities and plenty of parking. We had a good squad out and all of us knew that the course lended itself to PB making (being flat). Weather was perfect - cool breeze and sun.I set off fast (I thought too fast as half way I was puffed), but surprised myself when I came in with a split time of 22.43. My fellow team runners caught up and helped me push out to bring in a faster 2nd split to come in at 44.18 (cracked my goal of a sub 45).The organization was slick, with a well signed route and plenty of encouraging marshals. Loads of general supporters dotted the route too and given that it was twice round the circuit, plenty of cheering from families kept the pressure on to dig deep and push on. One water station on the route - well placed, also one at the end.I would have perhaps liked a banana and squash drink to compliment a great looking medal.A big thank you to organizers, marshals, ambulance staff, cub scouts and supporters. Also thanks to the venue as well. We will be back to try and shave off more time.Date of review: May 12, 2013
In short: A tough course, 1 pure long nasty hill saps you, great views, good valueIn full: Five of our group got to this event. We registered on the day and found it great value for money. Reasonable facilities at the HQ but parking is an issue. Good to have chip timing.There is a short walk to the start (hope the householders weren't too upset with near 200 runners right outside their house. Started right on time. This route is all on road but goes mainly on less used country roads soon enough. Marshals were a few individuals in high viz and mainly a club member on a cycle leap-frogging ahead to point us in the right direction. He was encouraging enough. There is a turn off at the 1st water station (3.5 mile I think) where those doing the shorter distance leave the main group.This is where the main long nasty hill is and you have to dig deep. There is the reward of some beautifull views. Have to say that the car drivers were very patient and everybody I passed (walkers / riders) were very pleasant.There are some welcome downhills where you can get your breath back, before the inevitable up hills again.Owing to the few numbers running the longer distance spacing was such that it felt very much a solo event - thus it demands focus.The 2nd water station is well placed. I have to say (as this was my 1st attempt), not knowing the route, precise distance or location of the finish line, put me in a maximum effort mindset.It's a strange finish location all the same! And its a fair walk back to where the cars are parked. If it had been raining I would have been non too pleased having to walk back soaked. It was a shame also that there were inadequate numbers of medals for finishers, and to add insult to injury, the medals weren't all the same (some clearly had previous event detail thereon, simply with a sticker for this year stuck over it).The whole thing felt as though it was a club members 'personal' run route, but perhaps in time, with more planning, a better start / finish location, it will grow into a great event.On a more positive note, I have praise for the volunteers, marshals and helpers. Chip timing is a must at events, so well done there. A special thank you to the lady that helped one of our runners who sustained an injury. This lady gave our mate a lift to the finish. Also, a marshal loaned her bike so that we could back-track to find our friend. Our mate could quite easily have been left in the field but she wasn't. Thanks.Despite looking VERY hard I didn't find any special envelope prizes :-( They must have been well hidden or all found by those ahead OR STILL THERE! ;-)Date of review: December 30, 2012
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The Scottish General Election is on Thursday 5th May. Don't worry if you didn't realise this, it is news to most people. On that same day, the UK will probably get the chance to vote on whether to move to the Alternative Vote system for electing MPs to Westminster instead of the current First Past The Post.
What does this have to do with you? Well, if you are over 18 on that date and are any of the following, you can cast your judgement in both plebiscites.
• British Subjects
• From a Commonwealth Country
• Republic Of Ireland Citizens
However, if you are a citizen of another European Union country, you can only vote in the Scottish Parliament election. To make life easier for you, you can even vote from home. Wow, how easy is that?
For more information on how to vote, go to the Lothian Valuation Joint Board's website, http://www.lothian-vjb.gov.uk/downloads.html.
I'm happy to provide more information on the Scottish General Election, devolution and the like, so just ask. If you want to know more about the proposed change to the Westminster voting system, got to the Yes to Fairer Votes website, http://www.yestofairervotes.org.


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Tell me about the Super Enduro at Demo
MBoSC presented the first "Super Enduro at Demo" sponsored by Bell which was held April 14, 2012. This was the first sanctioned competitive event at the Soquel Demonstation State Forest (SDSF) and it was an unqualified success. We would like to thank Bell in their support of this historical event.
We were only allowed 50 riders as a condition of our permit. Since this was our first event we wanted to ensure that we could run the event safely and on time. We decided to only allow pro and expert level riders only. The field included Mark Weir, Ross Schnell, Jason Moeschler, Jeff Kendall-Weed, Aaron Bradford, Duncan Riffle, Kathy Pruitt, Matthew Slaven, Mary Moncorge, Ben Cruz, Barry Wicks, Nathan Riddle, Curtis Keene, Max Houtzager and Joanna Petterson.
We hope to present more super enduro races at Demo in the future and have a larger and more inclusive field.
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A delivery company in Japan has released its own exercise DVD, and it's safe to say the results are equal parts hilarious and bizarre. Watch on, and prepare to be amused (don't worry, it's not NSFW). [protected-iframe id="848d6712ca11dba1d47438a6d8b35d58-41469694-9604789" info="http://player.grabnetworks.com/js/Player.js?id=2238593&width=493&height=369&content=v26834309b771a1861f6ff12195a5c53e667f1fda" width="493" height="369"] This article originally appeared as on Spry Living


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When are players on the Disabled List?
I put Johnny Cueto on the DL and had a roster spot to pick someone up (CBS League). FightDr, as commish, tells me to drop him until he's officially on the DL, which he thinks means missing a game, never mind that he's already eligible for the DL as notated by the DL tab next to his name. He then removes him from my roster, thus now making my roster illegal.
Also, I found a message from last year ruling on this issue saying that players only need to be on the DL, not that they need to miss a game or miss a pitch, which the question specifically asked. So I followed the rules established last year.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, someone please back me up on this.


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Carolina Collectors Table
- Overview
Extra storage means less clutter, so we've built an easy-access compartment under the top of our activity table. It comes in two versions: one with a see-through Plexiglas surface and a wood divider to organize all kinds of collections, and the other with a wood top that has a chalkboard on the reverse side, so kids can draw and doodle.
- 24" square, 21" high
- Expertly crafted with a kiln-dried wood frame.
- Comes with acrylic top or chalkboard top with divided-storage unit.
- Acrylic top features an 11-cubby divider.
- Chalkboard top features a four-cubby divider.
- Hand finished in layers for exceptional richness.
- Wood swatches, below, are available for $20 each. We will provide a merchandise refund for wood swatches if they're returned within 30 days.
- Assembly required.
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- Rigorously tested to meet or exceed the highest safety standards.
- Built from solid wood and MDF, an engineered wood that lends exceptional strength and ensures structural integrity over time.
- Finished by hand for a vintage look, then sealed with a protective child-safe lacquer.
- All finishes in the same color family are designed to coordinate with one another. For example, Rustic Sun Valley Honey, Sun Valley Honey and Honey all look great together in one room.
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- Overall: 24" square, 21" high
- Cubby Interior: 17" square, 3" high
- Clearance Under Table:18"
- Weight: 45 pounds
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by Anton Shilov
On Thursday the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) in China revealed its improved supercomputer called Tianhe-1A that achieves peak performance of 2.5PetaFLOPS as measured by the LINPACK benchmark. The system is the fastest in China and in the world at the moment. What is noteworthy is that Nvidia Corp.'s Tesla powers the new supercomputer.
Tianhe-1A epitomizes modern heterogeneous computing by coupling massively parallel GPUs with multi-core CPUs, enabling significant achievements in performance, size and power. The system uses 7168 Nvidia Tesla M2050 compute cards and 14 336 central processing units (CPUs); it would require more than 50 000 CPUs and twice as much floor space to deliver the same performance using microprocessors alone.
According to Nvidia, a 2.507PetaFLOPS system built entirely with CPUs would consume more than 12 megawatts (MWs). Thanks to the use of GPUs in a heterogeneous computing environment, Tianhe-1A consumes only 4.04MW, making it 3 times more power efficient.
"The performance and efficiency of Tianhe-1A was simply not possible without GPUs. The scientific research that is now possible with a system of this scale is almost without limits; we could not be more pleased with the results," said Guangming Liu, chief of National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin.
Tianhe-1A was designed by the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) in China. The system is housed at National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin and is already fully operational. The Tianhe-1A supercomputer will be operated as an open access system to use for large scale scientific computations.
"GPUs are redefining high performance computing. With the Tianhe-1A, GPUs now power two of the top three fastest computers in the world today. These GPU supercomputers are essential tools for scientists looking to turbocharge their rate of discovery," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer of Nvidia.
Nvidia Tesla C2050 and C2070 computing processor boards are single-chip cards with 3GB and 6GB (respectively) of on-board GDDR5 memory (with ECC enabled, user available memory will be 2.625GB for a C2050 and to 5.25GB for a C2070) with 384-bit interface operating at 1.5GHz. Nvidia Tesla 2000-series deliver up to 515GFLOPS of double-precision peak performance and are based on the GF100/T20 chips with 448 stream processors operating at 1.15GHz.
Nvidia Tesla 2000-series cards and compute modules are now available from all major suppliers of systems for high-performance computing, including Cray, Dell, HP, IBM, SGI and others.


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Sellers has worked at the USOC since 2003 as Manager of Coaching, where she directed and developed USOC coaching programs and assisted National Governing Bodies (NGBs) with coaching issues and educational development. She will begin her new duties with the Paralympic Division on January 26.
"Cathy brings an incredible skill set in elite high performance and coaching, including the development of emerging and junior athlete pipelines," said Charlie Huebner, Chief of Paralympics, USOC. "Just as importantly, she is an outstanding advocate for athletes."
"It's quite an honor to have the opportunity to work with the U.S. Paralympic Track & Field Team," said Sellers. "This is a truly talented group of athletes and I am looking forward to the challenge that lies ahead."
Prior to joining the USOC, Sellers was the Manager of Development Programs for USA Track & Field in Indianapolis, Ind., 1995-2003. Her responsibilities included directing the national and international programs for junior age athletes, creating the men's and women's developmental program for future Olympic athletes and writing and implementing athlete high performance plans.
Sellers has coached in both the high school and collegiate settings, including four All-Americans and one Olympian.
From 1995-1990, she worked at Cypress-Fairbanks High School in Houston, Texas as both the acting assistant principal and head coach of both the women's cross-country and track & field teams.
From 1990-1988, she held the position of assistant coach, women's track & field, at The Ohio State University, where she was responsible for cross-country, distance and multi-event athletes.
Sellers, 55, received a Bachelor of Science from Texas Woman's University, where she was an All-American track & field athlete. She also received a Masters of Science from the University of Houston.


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By Freya Bellin
Stuffed peppers are among the most fun foods to serve because of the surprise factor. It's like opening a little culinary gift. And in this recipe, the stuffing is so good that you may want to make extra to eat on its own or to serve on the side. Spicy scallions, sweet raisins, crunchy almonds, and just-melted cheese? It doesn't get much better. If your peppers are big enough and you're careful to avoid overflow, you can probably stuff a little bit more of the cheese mixture into them than is called for below. Anything hanging out too close to the open flame will burn, though, so make sure that the peppers stay closed up.
This recipe does require a delicate touch when rotating the poblanos. The smaller you can keep the stuffing opening, the less likely you are to lose stuffing when you flip them. An even char on all sides really helps the bitter skin peel away nicely.
Poblanos are on the mild side as far as peppers go, but they do still have a kick, so be cautious, especially when handling the seeds. Recipe from The Food Matters Cookbook.


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Wayland bids farewell to Spirit
PLAINVIEW – The Wayland Baptist University School of Music has bid a fond farewell to an iconic group that defined music and performance at Wayland for nearly four decades. On Saturday, January 27, Spirit performed its final show to a packed house in Wayland's Black Box theatre.
The group began in 1974 as the Spirit of America Singers with 10 original members: Teresa Henson, Judy Sutton, Alba Wilcox, Carolyn Murphree, Leslie Haberer, Amy Fredricksen, Keith Longbotham, Gary Wilcox, Marvin Matthews and Walter Wright. Longbotham and Matthews went on to professional music entertainment careers and Wright became the director of the Plainview High School choir and Chamber Singers.
Saturday's performance featured eight Wayland students: John Bocko, from Hart; Corey Godfrey, Omar Hernandez, Megan Robinett and Rachel Smith, from Lubbock; Tessa Kendrick of Big Spring; Chris Kirby, from Plano, and Jenna Swift of Aledo. The group performed two sets, featuring worship music in a traditional praise team setting for the first half of the performance. After the intermission, the group took the stage in costume and performed choreographed numbers to the music of George and Ira Gershwin.
Saturday's performance concluded with one final song at which time Kirby took the lead on the special music with the other Spirit members providing back ground vocals. During the song Kirby's girlfriend, Morgan Switzenberg, of Plainview, was called on stage where Kirby proposed. The night ended with a standing ovation to celebrate the engagement.
Dean of the School of Music Dr. Ann Stutes said the decision to disband the ensemble was a difficult one, but it was something they felt was in the best interest of future students.
"The ensemble has served this university well through the years, but changing times and new curricular requirements suggest that we modify how best to serve the educational needs of our students," Stutes said.
Stutes said a new Choral Performance Lab course will be introduced in the fall of 2013 that will allow choral music education students to perform show choir music in addition to study musical theatre, vocal jazz and other types of curricula currently found in active public school choral programs. She also said the new praise that was introduced last semester is already giving students the opportunity to perform and lead contemporary church worship music as a formal course in the curriculum.


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In January and February over 8 days I joined an Alternative Tour of the Holy Land. Hearing that Krista Tippett traveled to that area and interviewed people we did not meet brought my listening ear.
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I read the podcast entitled "Opening up Windows" in which Krista Tippett is in Jerusalem interviewing the Orthodox Rabbi David Hartman. Rabbi Hartman shares with us 80 years of his philosophy. He was raised what he says is "very Jewish." His interview made a lot of sense to me in some very deep regards. Rabbi Hartman talks about his youth in where he says "I was a nice religious boy until I started to read." He goes on to talk about moving away from conventional Orthodoxy because he was not satisfied with the answers. I found that to be a very profound statement and it is no wonder he is one that creates some controversy. It is the questioning of one's faith that I find refreshing. He was able to do something that I feel very few people are able to do and walk away satisfied and that is to redefine God for what he believes makes the most sense to him and the world we live in. While that may be a great contradiction to what it means to be faithful the Rabbi tells us that he has "no desire to leave the faith. I have a desire to make it better." He seems to do that. His view of the world is not typical for what I am used to hearing from religious leaders. He even addressed my feelings when he speaks of the young man who comes to him and tells him that he is an atheist. The one thing Rabbi Hartman asked was what changed? His criterion for being human is: are you acting any different with your non-belief than when you were a believer? That fits me perfectly. I feel that even without a god in my life, I am still a kind, caring, trustworthy person. It was nice to hear some acceptance from someone who is so deeply rooted in spirituality. Some of the things that stuck me in his interview were also his views on where the Jews are today. He speaks of their strengths while at the same time he acknowledges their difficulties. He mentions the Jews wanting to be loved. He wants to understand why the world hates them. He mentions that they live with a deep fear. Those are some fantastic points. In some of that talk is where I find myself disagreeing with the Rabbi. The one thing he never does mention is that Israel makes mistakes. He only mentions the faults of other nations and religions. He speaks of the anger that the Palestinians cause him. He fails to look at his own nation more critically. I think that is something that he and I will differ on. What the Rabbi does to redeem himself to me is when he mentions wanting to just sit down and engage in some meaningful dialogue. That Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike should be able to talk, iron out their differences and I feel that would be a great plan. That is the one thing I feel we are lacking in the entire world. We as different nations with different major belief systems fail to understand even a small bit of what it is like to see the world through the eyes of another. I think we lack the compassion for those we do not understand. Rabbi Hartman really made me stop and think about how I look at those with different belief systems. Often I am quite hard on them for having beliefs that I do not. That sort of intolerance is the problem. I need to be more compassionate with those I do not see eye to eye with. Instead of instantly getting into a debate, slow down and try meaningful dialogue. I may learn something if I just stop and listen.
Very well said, really
Very well said, really captures the essence of the interview.
Thank you for your comment-
Thank you for your comment- after listening today, I wondered how many people would have a similar response. I had hoped that Hartman would have shown more self insight but was disappointed that he could say, "the German Jews trusted, and look what happened..." without realizing that he had JUST said, "the Palestinians should trust us..." This, when Israel constantly shows itself the aggressor and regularly violates the civil and property rights of Palestinians. It was laughable, if not so tragic.
Furthermore, his sweeping generalizations of Palestinians left no doubt that he is a bigot as well. In Hartman's world, Israel won't know what peace is because it is only interested in peace on its terms. Like John Lennon wrote, "War is Over! If you want it."
David Hartman's statement I at first agreed with: "You cannot have a moral argument without power." Then, when he mentioned the Palestinians, I assumed he was referring to them as the powerless people who are not compelled to engage in a moral argument without power. But then he put the Israelis in the hypothetical "powerless" role. He exhibited appalling blindness to his own hypocrisy, and I was very disappointed that you missed it, or let it slide. Hartman needs to be challenged on this, and in resolving it, bring this awareness to his own people, as he has done on many vital issues.
Thank you! I was so upset
Thank you! I was so upset when I heard this comment and other comments he made. I am an African American woman and when my culture uses the past as an excuse for raicism (not trusting the world because he saw what happened in Germany so he can't trust Palestinians) I correct people quickly! There is NO EXCUSE for treating an entire group of people badly for the actions of a few! We must treat the individual! Being whoever you are, practicing whatever faith you want to practice will never make you better or more deserving of life than anyone else.
I was struck by this, too.
I was struck by this, too. Since when has "might makes right" been an acceptable moral argument?
According to Israeli
According to Israeli historian, author and journalist Tom Segev, Israel striking at the Palestinians to "teach them a lesson" is "a basic assumption that has accompanied the Zionist enterprise since its inception".
Even more sinister and equally unlikely to ever be challenged by On Being, a program whose host seems to blindly glorify and hold harmless any and all things religious, is the Biblical teaching of Israel as the land promised to the Jews by their god (Genesis 15:18-21 Exodus 23:28-33 Numbers 34:1-15 Deuteronomy 11:24 Deuteronomy 1:7 Ezekiel 47:13-20.) Holiday observances, special events and daily prayers include prayers for a return to Israel and Jerusalem. Rabbis (based on Numbers 33:53) declare a mitzvah (commandment) the taking possession of Israel to live there.
Indeed, unabashedly intoned by the Jewish settlers in the occupied territories (deemed illegal by the international community) is the mantra that their god "gave them the land".
I wonder if "Mandelbrot"
I wonder if "Mandelbrot" feels the same way about Tibetan Buddhists longing to return to Tibet, or Native Americans longing for a return to their lands? Not likely.
His closing "Shalom" (peace) can't hide his rejection of a country specifically being Jewish.
Actually I do.
Actually I do.
A neurotically held ancestral (real or imagined)"our lands" nostalgia fetish is a neurotically held ancestral (real or imagined) "our lands" nostalgia fetish regardless of who holds it. And yes that includes Palestinians who insist on going back to great grandpa's exact pile of rubble next to great grandpa's exact olive-tree even if it requires GPS to locate it. And Native Americans who long for a return to "their lands" were their great grandpas used to take enemy tribe's scalps. And Tibetan Buddhists who want to return to the idyllic feudalism of the Dalai Lamas - idyllic for the Lama class, not so much for the peasantry they exploited and abused.
One would hope it were the norm in the 21st century the rejection of a country specifically being Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Scientologist, Bahai, Rastafarian, Pastafarian or any other mythology based dogma. The Founding Fathers endeavored to make it the norm for the United States of America in the 18th century. I'd say they were on to something.
That would be her not "his" closing
"Yismach lev m'vakshei Hashem
"Yismach lev m'vakshei Hashem" ("Joyful are those who seek God, not those who found God."). I needed that tonight. He is still teaching. Thank you.
I'm really frustrated! I
I'm really frustrated! I have sent many email queries to On Being, and NEVER received any sort of reply.
My issue it that I CAN'T figure out how to download a podcast! Your podcast info page is not helpful. I have no problem getting the mp3 files for podcasts from other organizations. I don't want to subscribe, just download the occasional interview.
Obviously,the fact that I want to save some interviews indicates how impressed I am with On Being!
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I tuned in on the way to
I tuned in on the way to Church at 8:30 AM. I sat in the car outside and listened for a while. After church I came home and found the unedited version. Thank you so much for going to the effort to interview this important man. The idea's and thoughts of Rabbi Hartman gave me all those things he wanted for Jews ; to have joy, depth, critical reflection and and changed mind.
The interview was the best two hours I've spent in years. thanks, Greg
as a Catholic, so many things
as a Catholic, so many things that Rabbi Hartman said ring true; so many similar problems. ......can't say kaddish with one man short, but there are also 7 women in the same room......I would very much have met the Rabbi and sat and asked questions, so many questions.
I loved your being on MPR
I loved your being on MPR today for interview with Kerri Miller. Where would I find your address to Stanford students, dear Krista?
Thank you for ALL you give on public radio, etc. Lydia Holsten
David Hartman was quoted in
David Hartman was quoted in Washington Post on March 1, 2002, at the height of the Second Intifada, urging then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to be more brutal:
"Which population in the world would allow itself to be intimidated and terrified as this whole population is, where you can't send your kid out for a pizza at night without fear he'll be blown up?" said David Hartman, a rabbi and philosopher who runs a think tank in Jerusalem. "The frustration is, 'Sharon, we thought you'd show our power."
"Let's really let them understand what the implication of their actions is. . . . Very simply, wipe them out. Level them."
Just from this one interview
Just from this one interview I can understand how intelligent and soulful and man the Rabbi must have been. I am probably the furthest thing from Jewish, a product of the polytheistic traditions of Hinduism. But, I find great wisdom and inspiration in the intelligent conversations of great Rabbis like Rabbi Hartman. In them, I hear the voices of gurus of the past.
I found this interview, as
I found this interview, as all of the ones you do to be so....stimulating. The Rabbi was a very special man and humanity is better for him being here. I like the fact that he acknowledged his contradictions...and just because he had the desire to work through them, how he seemed to have grown for it. Beautiful. Your work is very inspiring.
The interview with Rabbi
The interview with Rabbi David Hartman was so moving. Rabbi Hartman speaks with such passion and conviction. What I admire the most was that even though he disagreed with some aspects of his Jewish faith, he was compelled to make it better. The Shalom Institute in which he founded is extraordinary and unprecedented. It is a fantastic model for ALL faith traditions striving to build a more diverse and tolerant understanding of each other. It appears that through his compassion and love for people, he opened doors that may have never been opened and provided the ground for which conversation and learning had precedence over arrogance and narrowmindedness. He was indeed a great model.
I chose this show because of
I chose this show because of the title: Hope in a Hopeless God. I am interested in listening to people that attempt to make sense out of the religions that are so popular today; not people that just follow ignorantly, without questions. David Hartman spoke about his growth as a religious man and then his turn to atheism. He explained that his view changed after watching the news one night. That news cast showed a newly married couple that died in a plane crash. They were just going to start their lives together, then it was over in the blink of an eye. He changed because he wondered if God had a sense of humor, or if there just wasn't one.
I relate to David Hartman on many levels. Especially when he says "I want to be religious, but I haven't found anyone to talk me into wanting to be religious." I tell people I am not an atheist because in my opinion, atheists chose that there is not a God. I on the other hand agree with David in that I just have not found something to believe in yet. David Hartman wants god in all aspects of reality, as in more questions should be able to be answered and there are no contradictions.
It is hard for me to imagine what it would be like to be a part of religion that does not allow women to be on the same page. I will never believe a religion that thinks women and men should be treated differently, like Judaism. And that is another reason why David Hartman said he changed his beliefs.
Rabbi Hartman has such
Rabbi Hartman has such diverse views on a wide range of topics. He touches many times on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and I think being that he has lived in Israel for many years now, it is clearly an extremely personal matter close to his heart. It seems that some comments made show maybe at one time he was more angry about the issue. He talks about how in the morning, he hated Palestinians, but that he calmed down throughout the day and no longer felt that way. Overall, though, I sensed he was weary of the turmoil and wanted peace, not only for his people but those on the other side as well.
I sense that the rabbi has an extreme love for his people and the religion that they practiced. He spoke of the current reality that we all live in and how traditional, orthodox Judaism (and the rabbis that practice it) many times do not have the answers that it's followers seek and perhaps is out of touch with it's people and the problems they face in today's world. He touches on the fact that if you have a history and roots you therefore have an identity, and this allows you to feel secure enough to branch out and hear other's history and what their roots and identities are.
One last thing that stuck with me was his denouncement of laws that had no basis in religious morals or God. I think this is something that works in a country with a nationally declared religion, but in a place like the United States it isn't practical.
Rabbi Hartman's interview was
Rabbi Hartman's interview was inspiring! As a Jewish woman I have often felt how his daughter feels about the role of women and that there needs to be some real changes within the Jewish customs. Hartman makes Judaism so relatable and approachable which unfortunately it often is not under normal circumstances. Well done Krista on yet another fantastic interview!
I truly enjoyed this on being
I truly enjoyed this on being, because it does make sense on his views of where is the hope when you sometimes feel god is a hopeless figure, because as much as i want to believe in god alot, but sometimes its not the easiest thing when he isnt a person that you see on a daily basis or that you can have a converstation with. Where he explains how its not easy to be religious , but he wants to be, but doesnt want to be. I completely agree with this statement, because i feel the same way because its not easy to be religious these days with everything in the world, religion isnt what it use to be as it use to be.
Hope in a Hopeless God
Hope in a Hopeless God
Rabbi David Hartman, who died last year, came from an Orthodox Jewish religion. His beliefs ran deep with tradition. He also was a Philosopher and teacher of the religion. Yet he felt at a young age that the laws of Judaism didn't line up with God's love for all humanity.
Rabbi Hartman moved to Israel in 1967 from Montreal Canada. One of his many concerns that bothered him about his religion was exclusion of women from participating in religion activities. He wondered why women could flourish in some industries, yet powerless in all religious aspects. Women were considered less than man. What kind of religion allows this to happen, he thought? Tova, his daughter, grew up and became an Orthodox feminist for the revolution. Her influence along with the writings of William James and Peter Berger among others changed Rabbi's attitude. He always had a passion for the human condition even though he was taught to be true to Orthodox Jewish laws which only concerns among them. Rabbi was proud to be a Jew; and yet ashamed of the limited thinking and beliefs of his people. They failed to see the world through compassion just as God see us all. Your conscious should make you want to show the love of God in you. Rabbi responded in the discussion, "God wanted me to be moral". He struggled trying to make a connection with all faiths and beliefs, not just his Jewish faith. He called it "the reshaping of God". Rabbi Hartman continues to follow God's instructions to open the minds of the Orthodox Jewish faith to the world.
He challenged the values of Judaism. He started the Shalom Institute which was considered a safe haven for all religions. Rabbi spoke of breaking the cycle and sharing in dialogue with people of all faiths and religions to bring about change and peace. Within the walls of the institute, no chain of command existed. The Shalom Institute provided training for girls and women into traditions of Jewish religion. Classes were held for Jews and Rabbis of different Jewish traditions. Included were spiritual teachings with military officers that opened a dialogue for change. His dream was for Israel to meet people with dignity. He was known as public Philosopher for the Jewish people.
I enjoyed listening to Rabbi Hartman and Ms. Krista Tippett. Here was a man with a vision to open his people up to the love of God instead of the laws of old. "Joyful are those who seek God; not those whose found God". His love for God and strong conviction shined through denial of change with his own faith. "Judaism has the capacity to make the transition as a tradition". Rabbi Hartman said "philosophy opens up windows of possibilities, it doesn't give you truths". He brought to the table dialogue of ethical and spiritual issues of the Orthodox tradition and suggestions for change. Even though history is important in knowing the laws of religion, the present in which God's love, shows through all. The Rabbi brought down barriers with some Palestinians in order to study and understand their religion and way of life in which the people are seeking. He hoped for peace in the Middle East. He truly was a man of God that believed through faith and conversation was the key for growth and change. My eyes opened up to the belief that we as people are comfortable in our beliefs and traditions, but be open to change. Rabbi Hartman displayed with a humble heart by not letting go of our unwillingness to open ourselves up to change; we will never grow together as God's children.


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The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer
The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale Geoffrey Chaucer
The following entry presents criticism on Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale (circa 1386-1400). See also, Geoffrey Chaucer Criticism.
The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales contain, in the character Alisoun, the Wife of Bath, one of the most fully developed and discussed women in medieval literature. Bawdy, lusty, and strong willed, she refuses to allow men to control her existence and she takes measures to shape her own destiny. Although she is often viewed as an early precursor of feminist thought, some scholars argue that much of her Prologue can be viewed as anti-feminist rhetoric.
Biographical Information
Chaucer was born in the 1340s into a family of London-based vintners. He spent most of his adult life as a civil servant, serving under three successive kings—Edward III, Richard II, and Henry IV—and much of what is known of his life is derived from various household records. In 1357 he served as a page to Elizabeth, the Countess of Ulster and wife of Prince Lionel, the third son of Edward III. In 1359, while serving in Edward's army in France, Chaucer was captured during the unsuccessful siege of Rheims. The king contributed to his ransom, and Chaucer shortly thereafter entered the king's service. By 1366 he had married Philippa Payne de Roet, a French noblewoman who had also been in the employment of the Countess of Ulster. Around this time Chaucer appears to have established a connection with John of Gaunt, Edward III's fourth son, who may have become Chaucer's patron; the fortunes of the two traced parallel courses over the next three decades, rising and falling in tandem. Chaucer traveled to Spain in 1366, on the first of a series of diplomatic missions throughout Europe. After a 1373 visit to Italy he returned to England and was appointed a customs official for the Port of London; he was given additional customs responsibilities in 1382. By 1385 he was living in Kent, where he was appointed a justice of the peace. Although he became a member of Parliament in 1386, that year marked the beginning of a difficult period for Chaucer. He either resigned or was removed from his post as a customs official; additionally, he was not returned to Parliament. By 1387 his wife had died. Chaucer's fortunes rose again when John of Gaunt returned from the Continent in 1389, and the young King Richard II regained control of the government from the aristocracy, which had for a time been the dominant political force in England. Chaucer was appointed a clerk of the king's works but was removed from this office in 1391. Records suggest that by 1396 Chaucer had established a close relationship with John of Gaunt's son, the Earl of Derby, who as King Henry IV later confirmed Chaucer's grants from Richard and added an additional annuity in 1399. Chaucer then leased a house in the garden of Westminster Abbey where he lived for the rest of his life. He died on October 25, 1400, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, an honor traditionally reserved for royalty. His tomb became the center of what is now known as Poet's Corner.
Plot and Major Characters
The Canterbury Tales, the work generally regarded as Chaucer's masterpiece, was probably begun around 1386. The work is organized as a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to the shrine of Thomas à Beckett in Canterbury. Within this overall framework are ten parts, which appear in different order in different manuscripts. Many critics therefore believe that Chaucer never realized his final plan for the work. The work opens with the General Prologue, introducing the pilgrims with short, vivid sketches. Twenty-four tales follow, interspersed with short dramatic "links" presenting lively exchanges among the pilgrims. The tales are highly diverse in style, subject matter, and theme; they include courtly romance, allegory, sermon, fable, and sometimes a mixture of genres. The Wife of Bath's Tale is one of only three tales by women, and the only tale offering insight into the life and passions of a woman in the secular world. The Wife's Prologue is layered with double entendres and witty wordplay, providing comic relief for the pilgrims and the readers.
In The Wife of Bath's Tale Alisoun offers a story of a Knight who, while walking in a field, spies a young maiden and rapes her. The Knight is tried before King Arthur for his crime and is sentenced to death. Queen Guenevere pleads on the Knight's behalf and King Arthur allows her to mete out the Knight's punishment. The Queen gives the Knight twelve months and a day to discover what women truly want. He is required to report back to the Queen at he end of this time and provide an answer. He scours the land asking the question of each woman he meets. Women give him different opinions in return: money, clothing, sexual satisfaction, but none can offer the definitive answer. His allotted time draws to a close, and he has not found an answer to this question. As he realizes that he has failed, he comes upon an old and ugly crone and asks her the question of what women truly desire above all. She agrees to provide him with the answer in return for his pledge that he will grant her wish—a wish that will be told to him at a later time. He travels back to the castle with the crone, and delivers his answer to the Queen: "'My lige lady, generally,' quod he, / 'Wommen desiren to have sovereynetee / As wel over his housbond as hir love, / And for to been in maistrie hym above. / This is youre mooste desir, thogh ye me kille. / Dooth as yow list; I am heer at youre wille'" (1037-42). The Queen allows the Knight to go free, but then the crone steps forward and claims the right to have the Knight fulfill his promise. The crone requires the Knight to marry her. The Knight is aghast but finally agrees. When they return to the crone's house for their wedding night, the crone discusses true gentility and charity with the Knight. He sees the error of his ways and reconciles himself to the marriage. The crone then offers him a choice: she can either remain old and ugly but an ever-faithful and obedient wife, or she can become young and beautiful but cannot promise that she will be obedient and faithful. The Knight allows the crone to decide, offering her sovereignty. Because the Knight has learned true humbleness and respect for his wife, she transforms into a beautiful young maiden and vows to be an obedient and faithful wife.
Major Themes
In the The Wife of Bath's Prologue, two themes are addressed. The first centers on marriage roles and power. Alisoun discusses her five marriages and her tactics for gaining power and financial independence through the use of her body. Her first marriage was at the age of twelve to a wealthy older man. With this husband and the next two, she was very pragmatic about the relationships. She used her body to control her husbands and to gain financial boons from them. She admitted that she had a healthy sexual appetite and alluded to the fact that she may quench those appetites outside of wedlock. Her fourth husband was young and lusty, and even kept a mistress. During this fourth marriage, Alisoun began courting Jankyn, a younger man without financial independence. After her fourth husband died (there has recently been speculation as to why this young man died and whether it was by natural causes), Alisoun broke her earlier rules of pragmatic marriage and wedded Jankyn for love. Ironically, now that the Wife was older and searching for love, Jankyn's position was parallel to that of Alison's with her first husbands—young Jankyn delighted in aggravating Alisoun and appeared to be in a position of power over her.
The second major theme in the Prologue is dissatisfaction with current religious thought. The Wife is a Christian and is undergoing a pilgrimage, but she doesn't blindly trust the religious authorities' interpretation of the Scriptures. Scholars in medieval Europe were seeking to understand the Bible more fully, and one common thought that was introduced during this time was that since the Bible depicts Jesus attending only one wedding, perhaps this is God's message that people should only marry once. Alisoun defends her right to remarry after being widowed (four times) by recounting the Biblical story of the Samaritan woman at the well who was living out of wedlock with a man after being widowed four times. Jesus commanded her to marry this fifth man. Alisoun uses this parable and the examples of Solomon, Abraham, and Jacob, all of whom had multiple wives. Alisoun also believes in God's command to be fruitful and multiply. She disagrees with the Church's teaching that chastity is preferable to second marriage; she believes that by sharing her bounty, she is closer to the real teachings of the Bible. Her bawdy description of the God-given tools used in this endeavor are thinly veiled double entendres, and she is interrupted by the Pardoner before she discusses the particulars of her five marriages. Throughout these descriptions the religious theme is intertwined with the marriage theme and Alisoun's desire for autonomy. Although true autonomy for women in medieval Europe is an impossibility, she outlines her strategies for control of self and the situations around her.
In the Tale, the Wife of Bath softens her views of charity and love but continues the theme of autonomy and power. Alisoun reworks the traditional story of the "Loathly Lady" with a decidedly feminist spin, putting the hag in a position of control and demoting the Knight to a position of submissiveness. Throughout the Tale, the Knight's fate is decided by women, first by Guenevere, then by the crone. Alisoun suggests that a man's true happiness can be realized when he allows his spouse to have some level of autonomy. Although the end of the Tale realigns the positions of power to more traditional gender roles, it is by the woman's own choice finally to be an obedient wife; therefore the Tale provides a milestone for women's quest for self-definition. The rehabilitation of the Knight is surprising, given the Tale's beginning sentiment about the good nature of women in comparison to the base nature of men. Many commentators support the idea that in the Tale Alisoun is making a statement against prevailing beliefs that women are by nature base and sinful, yet men are capable of great nobility.
Critical Reception
Much of the scholarly debate concerning The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale focuses on Alisoun's role in feminist discourse. Many essayists address the misogynist views presented in The Canterbury Tales and attempt to determine whether Chaucer's use of Alisoun is meant to overthrow these views or reinforce them. Discussion on this topic is divided between those, such as H. Marshall Leicester, Jr., who see Alisoun as an early feminist striving for autonomy in an oppressive patriarchal society, and those, including Susan Crane and Catherine S. Cox, who view her as destined to fail in her search for equality, partly because she is trying to gain acceptance by emulating men instead of embracing her femininity, but mainly because she is a fictional character, written by a man. Several critics have investigated the religious dimensions of the The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale. James W. Cook has analyzed Alisoun's positions in relation to the sacraments, particularly marriage. Alcuin Blamires has explored the possibility that Chaucer uses Alisoun to challenge false teachings and wrongdoing by the clergy, comparing her views to those of the Lollards, a heretical sect that held the Bible as the sole authority on God's word and questioned the moral right of the clergy. Among the numerous other approaches to The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale are David S. Reed's examination of Alisoun's comic aspects, D. W. Robertson, Jr.'s analysis of her concern with status and wealth, and Susan Signe Morrison's and Elaine Treharne's investigations into how Chaucer uses and manipulates language in these works.
Principal Works
Romaunt of the Rose [translator; from Guillaume de Lorris's Roman de la Rose] c. 1360s
The Book of the Duchess c. 1368-69
The House of Fame c. 1378-81
The Parlement of Foules c. 1378-81
Troylus and Criseyde [adaptor; from Boccaccio's Il Filostrato] c. 1382-86
The Legend of Good Women c. 1386
The Canterbury Tales c. 1386-1400
Complaint of Mars; Complaint of Venus; Envoy to Bukton [printed by Julian Notary] 1499-1502
Chaucer's Lesser Poems Complete in Present-Day English [translated by James J. Donohue]...
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David S. Reed (essay date 1970)
SOURCE: Reed, David S. "Crocodilian Humor: A Discussion of Chaucer's Wife of Bath." Chaucer Review 4, no. 2 (1970): 73-89.
[In the following essay, Reed studies the negative characterization of the Wife of Bath and notes that her character is of low moral standards and amuses through her baseness and bad taste.]
It is odd that many have found the Wife of Bath lifelike. If she is, it is not in a way that those who see her as a marvel of naturalistic invention would accept. In common sense human terms she is absurd and grotesque, a figment of that anti-feminist gallimaufry, the Prologue to her Tale. That many take her as a...
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James W. Cook (essay date summer 1978)
SOURCE: Cook, James W. "'That She Was Out of Alle Charitee':1 Point-Counterpoint in the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale." Chaucer Review 13, no. 1 (summer 1978): 51-65.
[In the following essay, Cook uses religious doctrines of sacramental law to analyze the Wife of Bath's failure to comply with the spirit of the sacrament of marriage. Because Alisoun prefers to control her spouse rather than form a true union with him, she is the opposite of the hag she describes in her Tale.]
In a provocative essay on Alice of Bath's narrative posture, Gloria K. Shapiro recently requested a more adequate treatment of the religious dimensions of the...
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D. W. Robertson, Jr. (essay date spring 1980)
SOURCE: Robertson, D. W., Jr. "'And for My Land thus Hastow Mordred Me?': Land Tenure, the Cloth Industry, and the Wife of Bath."1Chaucer Review 14, no. 4 (spring 1980): 403-20.
[In the following essay, Robertson attempts to properly define the Wife of Bath's financial and occupational positions in regards to her landholdings, class standing, education, and marriageability.]
Embedded in the Wife's Prologue are various statements concerning transfers of land and wealth that may be indicative of her legal status. She is sometimes thought of as a freeholder under the common law, or, alternatively, as a borough tenant. I should like to suggest...
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H. Marshall Leicester, Jr. (essay date 1984)
SOURCE: Leicester, H. Marshall, Jr. "Of a Fire in the Dark: Public and Private Feminism in The Wife of Bath's Tale." Women's Studies 11, nos. 1-2 (1984): 157-78.
[In the following essay, Leicester develops a theory of the outward feminism of The Wife of Bath's Tale and the private, insecure aspects of Alisoun's psyche that are unconsciously included in her female-empowered Tale. Leicester also asserts that Alisoun's Tale represents Chaucer's growing appreciation of feminist ideas.]
The Wife of Bath's Tale is not only a text concerned with the position of women, it is a text whose speaker is a woman and a feminist—at least that...
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Mary Carruthers (essay date March 1985)
SOURCE: Carruthers, Mary. "Clerk Jankyn At Hom to Bord / With My Gossib." English Language Notes 22, no. 3 (March 1985): 11-20.
[In the following essay, Carruthers refutes many commonly held assertions about the nature of the Wife of Bath's relationship with Jankyn. By analyzing fourteenth-century English usage, Carruthers identifies Jankyn as the relative of a close friend (one who is godparent to one of Alisoun's children), not as a stranger who merely boards in town. Through this interpretation, Carruthers argues, the Wife's change from manipulating spouse to manipulated spouse has richer irony.]
In her fond description of past jolitee, the Wife of...
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Susan Crane (essay date January 1987)
SOURCE: Crane, Susan. "Alison's Incapacity and Poetic Instability in The Wife of Bath's Tale." PMLA 102, no. 1 (January 1987): 20-7.
[In the following essay, Crane investigates the Wife of Bath's attempts to define her autonomy, and she observes that many of Alisoun's ideas conflict with one another, and her quest for women's independence is unsustainable.]
Geoffrey Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Tale so closely illustrates the concerns of its Prologue that critics agree it can only be understood in relation to its assertive, female, marriage-minded narrator. But why does Alison's Tale resemble an Arthurian romance? Her Prologue is...
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Susan Crane (essay date March 1988)
SOURCE: Crane, Susan. "Alison of Bath Accused of Murder: Case Dismissed." English Language Notes 25, no. 3 (March 1988): 10-15.
[In the following essay, Crane provides a tongue-in-cheek look at the mysterious death of Alisoun's fourth husband and defends the Wife against the charge of murder.]
"Professional scholars," said Sherlock Holmes, "like professional detectives, are not reasoning animals. If the murder in the Wife of Bath's Prologue has not been discovered before, it is because I had never read that part of the Canterbury Tales until a fortnight ago." Holmes would not find it surprising that his case against Alison, as reported by...
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Elaine Tuttle Hansen (essay date 1988)
SOURCE: Hansen, Elaine Tuttle. "The Wife of Bath and the Mark of Adam." Women's Studies 15, no. 4 (1988): 399-416.
[In the following essay, Hansen argues against viewing The Wife of Bath's Tale and Prologue as early feminist writing, but proposes that the texts permit scholars to study the role of women in the fourteenth century and their attempts to claim a type of self-definition within the limitations of language and society.]
The wyf of Bathe take I for auctrice þat womman han no ioie ne deyntee þat men sholde vp-on hem putte any vice.
(Hoccleve, Dialogus cum Amico, c. 1422)1
From the early...
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Alcuin Blamires (essay date 1989)
SOURCE: Blamires, Alcuin. "The Wife of Bath and Lollardy." Medium Aevum 58, no. 2 (1989): 224-42.
[In the following essay, Blamires probes the similar themes in the anti-authority tirade in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Lollardy, a religious movement that was often seen as anti-church and heretical.]
'Re-readings' of Chaucer conducted according to radical socio-historical principles will characteristically maintain that The Canterbury Tales represents (as Stephen Knight puts it) 'a continuing and tense engagement with its period', and that individual tales are 'potent realizers' of conflicts within late...
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Colin A. Ireland (essay date January 1991)
SOURCE: Ireland, Colin A. "'A Coverchief or a Calle': The Ultimate End of the Wife of Bath's Search for Sovereignty." Neophilologus 75, no. 1 (January 1991): 150-59.
[In the following essay, Ireland compares The Wife of Bath's Tale with an Irish story in which the country of Ireland is personified as a woman—sometimes young, beautiful, and fertile, sometimes old and worn—to symbolize the state of the nation.]
The Wife of Bath's search for sovereignty in marriage is the central theme in both her Prologue and in the Tale she tells. Modern criticism tends to maintain a clear distinction between the Wife's Prologue and her...
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Catherine S. Cox (essay date March 1993)
SOURCE: Cox, Catherine S. "Holy Erotica and the Virgin Word: Promiscuous Glossing in The Wife of Bath's Prologue.1" Exemplaria 5, no. 1 (March 1993): 207-37.
[In the following essay, Cox explores the sexual connotations of the term "glossing," highlights the double entendres in The Wife of Bath's Prologue, and investigates the link between sexual fulfillment and control of language. Cox maintains that although the Wife of Bath seeks to fight the patriarchal system, her lack of feminine discourse forces her to use male definitions, and ultimately she is unsuccessful in self-definition.]
Although the Wife of Bath, in her Prologue,...
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Susan Signe Morrison (essay date spring 1996)
SOURCE: Morrison, Susan Signe. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell: The Wife of Bath and Vernacular Translations." Exemplaria 8, no. 1 (spring 1996): 97-123.
[In the following essay, Morrison asserts that, through The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale, Chaucer is seeking to authenticate the use of English vernacular as a legitimate language for writing, maintaining that they "can be read as addressing the issues of the vernacular and the role female audiences play in receiving and passing on translations of authoritative texts, as well as vindicating Chaucer's authority as a vernacular author."]
The Friar in his Prologue scolds the Wife of Bath, accusing...
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Susanne Sara Thomas (essay date 1997)
SOURCE: Thomas, Susanne Sara. "What the Man of Law Can't Say: The Buried Legal Argument of The Wife of Bath's Prologue." Chaucer Review 31, no. 3 (1997): 256-71.
[In the following essay, Thomas draws a correlation between Alisoun's adamant defense of her rights concerning her body and a mock legal case.]
In the Prologue to her Tale the Wife of Bath argues that Paul gave wives authority over their husbands. She summarizes her argument thus:
I have the power durynge al my lyf Upon his propre body, and noght he. Right thus the Apostel tolde it unto me, And bad oure housbondes for to love us weel. Al this sentence me liketh every...
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Charles W. M. Henebry (essay date 1997)
SOURCE: Henebry, Charles W. M. "Apprentice Janekyn/Clerk Jankyn: Discrete Phases in Chaucer's Developing Conception of the Wife of Bath." Chaucer Review 32, no. 2 (1997): 146-61.
[In the following essay, Henebry further develops the theory that Chaucer rewrote and revised the Wife of Bath's character repeatedly. He contends that Chaucer changed Alisoun's views on marriage, fidelity, and autonomy throughout the writing process and eventually blended these ideas together to form a multidimensional character.]
The idea that the Wife of Bath did not spring forth fully fledged from the mind of her creator is not a new one. Her character is in conception both original...
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Alcuin Blamires (essay date 2002)
SOURCE: Blamires, Alcuin. "Refiguring the 'Scandalous Excess' of Medieval Woman: The Wife of Bath and Liberality." In Gender in Debate from the Early Middle Ages to the Renaissance, edited by Thelma S. Fenster and Clare A. Lees, pp. 57-78. New York: Palgrave, 2002.
[In the following essay, Blamires contrasts the Wife of Bath to Blanche from The Book of the Duchess, studies Christine de Pizan's theories on the masculine and feminine definitions of largesse and liberality, and uncovers the stereotype common in Chaucer's time that women were miserly and selfish.]
Medieval defenses of women can seem strangely heterogeneous: Bizarre conglomerations of...
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Elaine Treharne (essay date 2002)
SOURCE: Treharne, Elaine. "The Stereotype Confirmed? Chaucer's Wife of Bath." In Writing Gender and Genre in Medieval Literature: Approaches to Old and Middle English Texts, edited by Elaine Treharne, pp. 93-115. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2002.
[In the following essay, Treharne contends that in The Wife of Bath's Prologue, Chaucer reinforces many misconceptions of women's ability to manipulate and claim language.]
'I write woman: woman must write woman. And man, man'(1)
This essay will focus on one of the most memorable English literary characters: Chaucer's Wife of Bath. I shall be...
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Further Reading
Amsler, Mark. "The Wife of Bath and Women's Power." Assays 4 (1987): 67-83.
Examines the issues of class standing, wealth, and self-sufficiency for women in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, using the Wife of Bath as an example.
Beidler, Peter G. "Transformations in Gower's Tale of Florent and Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Tale." In Chaucer and Gower: Difference, Mutuality, Exchange, edited by R. F. Yeager, pp. 100-14. Victoria, British Colombia: University of Victoria, 1991.
Studies the differences and similarities between John Gower's Tale of Florent and Chaucer's Wife of...
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