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John A Geck

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Assc prof @MemorialU. Medieval romance, drama, & hagiography. Mapping the same; RDF and Linked Open Data. Craft beer/brewing. Weights & running. He/him/his

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I thought this sounded familiar!
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Asking ChatGPT about Middle English lit is great: might need to use this chat to warn my students not to just expect it to write papers for you (2/2)
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For the record, "The Trial of Mary and Joseph" is from the N-Town Mary plays, not York, and it is not one of the later plays (14 out of 42), and there is no guild affiliation noted in N-Town.
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A fun snippet from the Cambridgeshire documents I'm working on: I can't wait to find out more about Miss Pamplyn, she was clearly too good for 1609 Ely! Dean Tyndall’s Reasons for Firing Headmaster Pamplyn: #medievaltwitter #earlymoderndrama
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& Com into the School, in his absence & daunce amongeste the boyes. And moreover where their should be a teachinge Schoole in the day tyme for the boyes, by her meanes it was made a dauncing Schoole at xij a Clock in the Night, & sometimes all the Night longe. [...]
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Whither did resorte (& by her meanes sometimes were Called) Mennes Wives, Womens husbands, Mennes, servaunts & Children to be disordered." #medievaltwitter #earlymoderndrama
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grad students awkwardly closing emails to professors like
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I've worked in worse libraries. Lincoln Thornton, here I come! – at Lincoln, England
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One quick flight on the way out of town! Thanks, #kzoo2019, it's been real!
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by age 35 you should have completed an encyclopaedia that will rule your field worldwide for centuries to come
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Something about the feminization of art as "craft" + masculine domination of the craft beer world, made super obv.
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Getting set for what looks like an awesome session! #s476 #kzoo2018
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Good Wife lists a series of forbidden and permitted spaces, whilst Wise Man uses no such terms.
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Compare these medieval conduct texts to modern advice texts geared towards children or adolescents, where similar frames apply. "Gender is central to discourses of sexual conduct in both periods."
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