Jyl of Breyntfords Testament
por Various
Leído por Grant Hurlock
Jyl of Breyntfords Testament gathers ten comic pieces dating from the sixteenth century and earlier. The collection offers a glimpse of an older tradition of English humor through short works brought together for readers in the nineteenth century.
Compiled and edited by Frederick Furnivall for private circulation in 1871, the volume is a historical anthology rather than a single continuous story. Its appeal lies in the variety of its pieces and in hearing comic writing from an earlier period in its original literary context.
Capítulos
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| 0 - Forewords | 9:21 | Leído por Grant Hurlock | |
| 1 - Jyl of Breyntfords Testament | 20:35 | Leído por Grant Hurlock | |
| 2 - The Wyll of the Devyll, and last Testament | 21:01 | Leído por Grant Hurlock | |
| 3 - A Talk of Ten Wives on their Husbands' Ware | 5:39 | Leído por Grant Hurlock | |
| 4 - A Balade or two by CHAUCER | 6:09 | Leído por Grant Hurlock | |
| 5 - Devotissima Suffragia pro Mulieribus impregnandis | 2:17 | Leído por Grant Hurlock | |
| 6 - Proverbe | 1:34 | Leído por Grant Hurlock | |
| 7 - Doctrina et Consilium Galienis | 1:37 | Leído por Grant Hurlock | |
| 8 - The Meaning of Marriage (a Scotch story) | 3:39 | Leído por Grant Hurlock | |
| 9 - Ane prettie Jeist of ane Eremeit in Italye | 3:31 | Leído por Grant Hurlock |
Reseñas
(Very) bawdy and satirical bits and pieces
kerriganm
This collection is ideal for language historians with dirty minds. English had (apparently) evolved from the baffling Middle English (Chaucer) when these were written, but not close enough to modern English for me to understand much of what's said. Kudos to the reader for slogging through it. Still, you will understand enough to blush (if you still can). These are not subtle works of art, they are essentially dirty jokes.