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Gladly Lerne and Gladly Teche
A Festschrift by Students, Colleagues and Friends of Thomas Jay Garbáty
in Honor of his Retirement
edited by Adam Brooke Davis, Truman State University

"He semeth elvyssh by his contenaunce..."

Contents:

Introductory Note: Adam Brooke Davis

Thomas Jay Garbáty: curriculum vitae

"And Gladly Teche the Tales of Caunterbury" -- a gifted pedagogue and scholar discusses method
"...This lecture .... may extend beyond the one hour assigned to it since I never like to pass questions by; I encourage all of them- no matter how bizarre...By this time, I should have a fair idea of the intellectual capacity of the class, their interest, and their willingness and ability to digest material whose importance they may not immediately grasp. Depending on my evaluation of their capacity and interest, I mention problems of revision and sequence of the tales ... I might even, with solemn preparation, initiate them into the mystic rite of the Bradshaw Shift..To put it bluntly, I grab at the opportunity to teach. If the students give me only a little finger of interest, I will return them a handful of information..."

And much, much more...

Essays:
Mary Flowers Braswell: "Chaucer and Rhazes -- What the Physician Knew"
Adam Brooke Davis: "From Time to Time"
Michael Delahoyde: "#7: Medieval Humor"
Randolph Gordon: "The Search for Syene: What We Can Learn from Medieval Literature"
Fredrik J. Heinemann: "Völsunga-Saga: The Brynhild-Story"
Diane Hofsess: "Lend Me Your Earrings"
Eric Jager: "The Book of the Heart in Late Medieval Piety"
Nate Nichols: "Tom Garbáty: Educator, Balladeer, Time Traveler"
Jim Paul: "The Medieval Genius of George Lucas"
Ernst Soudek: "Discus Throwers Do Indeed Love Poetry"

Announcing:
"Now available from Waveland Press, the fascinating mirror of an age that was cruel and charitable, violent and courtly, bawdy and devout. Chronicle, burlesque, ballad, fable, debate, lyric, legend, lore, and drama follow one another in rich variety -- 'huge cloudy symbols of a high romance.'"

"In this comprehensive collection, editor Thomas J. Garbáty makes accessible to students and teachers the landmarks of English prose, poetry, and drama for the years 1100 to 1500. For the most part, these vital works are presented complete in Middle English. Readers are aided by an extensive system of marginal glosses, supplemented by footnotes, brief linguistic introductions to each work, and an authoritative General Introduction that places every selection within a medieval perspective. This anthology, therefore, is not only one of the most complete but also one of the most teacheable collections of its type in print today."

This is the best textbook of Medieval English literary writings currently in print. The selections are well-chosen... and the glossing is unusually full.

-James M. Dean,
University of Delaware

A very useful text for developing students' historical and literary awareness of England in the Middle Ages.