Anonymous – “Fowles in the Frith” – Episode 2+ Bonus

5 November 2021 Episode 2+ BONUS – 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   00:00:00 Ch1 – Intro 00:03:00 Ch2 – The Challenge of the Text 00:05:10 Ch3 – A Close Reading 00:10:19 Ch4 – Some Ways to Meaning 00:18:31 Ch5 – Essence of the Short Poem – Emily Dickinson 00:21:51 Ch6 – Medieval Songs and Philosophy 00:30:42 Ch7 – A History of Authorship 00:40:23 Ch8 – 99% Perspiration 00:43:09 **Ch9 – Related Works 00:44:55 **Ch10 – Who’s Your Daddy? 00:46:37 **Ch11 – Authorship and Ego 00:49:07 **Ch12 – Poetry Challenges the Sacred 00:52:57 Ch13 – Romantic Ego, Disintegration, and the Book 01:00:28 **Ch14 – Authors Absent and Present 01:02:31 Ch15 – BeFowling the Canon 01:06:25 Ch16 – Reason in the Frith 01:10:52 Ch 17 – Outro **Added segment for the 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/.