Emily earned her English degree magna cum laude with departmental honors for her capstone work, which means she's done the kind of deep textual analysis that medieval literature demands — close reading through layers of unfamiliar syntax, religious allegory, and genre conventions that most students ...

Reading Chaucer or the Gawain-poet cold can feel like deciphering a foreign language, and in some ways it is. Sarah's English degree from Oberlin and her ongoing PhD research at Harvard gave her deep experience with close reading across historical periods, including navigating Middle English verse, ...

Chaucer's Middle English, the allegory in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the layered theology of Dante — medieval texts demand a reading approach most students haven't encountered before. Peter's English Education master's degree and journalism background give him the tools to teach both the histo...

Reading Chaucer or Sir Gawain for the first time can feel like learning a new language, and in some ways it is. Dana breaks down Middle English conventions and the allegorical traditions that drove medieval storytelling, connecting works like The Canterbury Tales to the social hierarchies and religi...

Few tutors can walk a student through Chaucer's Middle English or unpack the allegory in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with real scholarly depth. Paul's English Ph.D. from the University of Chicago included rigorous training in pre-modern texts, and he brings that expertise to everything from Beow...

Tessa's double major in Mathematics and History at Yale might seem like an odd fit for medieval literature, but the History side means she's trained to reconstruct the political, religious, and intellectual worlds that shaped texts like *Beowulf* or *The Divine Comedy* — and the Math side sharpens t...

Rob's triple major in English, Philosophy, and History at Fordham — where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa — means he reads medieval texts the way they were meant to be read: as philosophical arguments, political commentary, and literary art simultaneously. That interdisciplinary lens is especially usefu...

Reading Chaucer, Dante, or the Arthurian romances means wrestling with allegory, religious symbolism, and social structures that feel alien until someone makes the connections click. Caroline studied ancient and medieval heritage as part of her liberal arts curriculum at Fordham, so she can place a ...

Reading Chaucer in Middle English or parsing the allegory in Piers Plowman requires a skill set most literature students haven't built yet — linguistic patience, historical context, and comfort with ambiguity. Craig's PhD training and his background in Latin give him the philological grounding to wa...

Reading Chaucer's Middle English or parsing the allegory in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight can feel like decoding a foreign language. Arianna's Dartmouth liberal arts training gave her deep exposure to medieval texts, and she teaches students to read these works in their historical and literary con...