Anonymous – “Fowles in the Frith” – Episode 2

  5 November 2021 Episode 2 – Fowles in the Frith  How do we determine the meaning of a work which has no author? And what responsibility is there in authoring our own interpretation? We examine the potential meanings of this poem, dig at length into the different ideas of medieval authorship, and find we may have not have wandered yet that far, at all.   Foweles in the frith, The fisses in the flod, And I mon waxe wod. Sulch sorw I walke with For beste of bon and blod.   https://waywordsstudio.com  Complete Resources: https://waywordsstudio.com/project/anonymous-fowls-in-the-frith/  === CHAPTERS  00:00 Ch1 – Intro 03:00 Ch2 – The Challenge of the Text 05:10 Ch3 – A Close Reading 10:19 Ch4 – Some Ways to Meaning 18:31 Ch5 – Essence of the Short Poem – Emily Dickinson 21:51 Ch6 – Medieval Songs and Philosophy 30:42 Ch7 – A History of Authorship 40:23 Ch8 – 99% Perspiration 43:09 Ch13 – Romantic Ego, Disintegration, and the Book 50:39 Ch 15 – Be-Fowling the Canon 54:33 Ch16 – Reason in the Frith 59:01 Ch17 – Outro  ===  **Ch9 – Related Works **Ch10 – Who’s Your Daddy? **Ch11 – Authorship and Ego **Ch12 – Poetry Challenges the Sacred **Ch14 – Authors Absent and Present  **Available to our members on Episode 2+ (the full bonus episode) === The Waywords Podcast is the primary program of Waywords Studio (https://waywordsstudio.com). The podcast posts new material each week, with deep-dive examinations of literature around some common questions or themes and 1-3 smaller supplemental episodes in between the larger programs.  Visit us for expanded resources for guests and the Waywords community, for other programs and writing, and for opportunities to support our goal to expand reading. Resources available can include full bibliographies of material referenced, full and partial texts, annotated editions, supplemental and expanded episodes, fictional explorations, teaching and learning resources, additional essays, and online courses.  Website:  https://waywordsstudio.com  Twitter: @WaywordsStudio Instagram: @WaywordsStudio   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Waywords-Studio-107310977755912  CREDITS: Original music by Randon Myles (https://randonmyles.com/) Chapter headings by Natalie Harrison and Sarah Skaleski USING THIS WORK: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. It is open to be used and adapted for all not-for-profit uses with proper attribution.  MLA CITATION: Chisnell, Steve. “Anonymous: Fowles in the Frith.’” Waywords Studio, 5 Nov. 2021, https://waywordsstudio.com/project/anonymous-fowls-in-the-frith/.