Medieval Literature Booklist

Fall Semester

Beowulf

Translated by Seamus Heaney (Required) (But you will NOT need the bilingual edition)

The Rule of St. Benedict

Any Edition (go inexpensive or find it free online!)

The Song of Roland

Translated by Dorothy Sayers (Required)

Sir Gawain & The Green Knight

Translated by JRR Tolkien (Required)

T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral

Any Edition


Spring Semester

Dante, Inferno

The Divine Comedy, Part I

Translated by Mark Musa (Required)

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

Translated by Nevill Coghill (Required)