[Quiet Man Cometh]

**Warning. Literature student talking. Make way for long post...**

I can understand middle english enough to get the gist of things. There is the odd particular word that one just has to know, though. And as far as accent goes, I don't know if there is a correct accent, seeing as there aren't exactly any recordings around of anyone speaking the language. From the rhythm of the poetry though, one can pick up where the other syllables and such might be.

Wasn't a fan of The Knight's Tale, and only read The Wife of Bath and the Miller's Tale to go with that. I had a really fun teacher for the course though, and it was great fun even without being too interested in Literature. The ones I do like, (besides Book of the Duchess,) would be the little bits and pieces between the tales in the Canturbury Tales (the narrator amuses me) and general character interaction. The Knight's Tale has absolutely nothing to do with the movie in any way (which I've heard is actually closer to the Squire's Tale instead) but then, Chaucer didn't write all that he intended to. Maybe the screen writer really did get it right?!

I can handle Shakespeare only because I forced myself to read and understand Macbeth back in high school. Took me ages to get through but I had a functional understanding of Shakespearean English by then. Besides Macbeth I read Winter's Tale, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Henry V (most of it), Twelth Night, Midsummer Knight's Dream, and The Tempest. If anyone out there is interesting in studying English in college, get ready for this stuff, Pre 1800 Lit courses are mandatory. :( (My preferences lie almost entirely in post 1800 stuff.

I don't think I've become interested in any contemporary author for some time. One of the "newer" authors I like is Knut Hamsen. I read his Hunger which was one of the oddest books I've ever read. I have a collection of his on my eReader. Being an out of copywrite author his stuff is dirt cheap! (Unless you buy phyical books).