For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages.

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Cambridge University experts say the discovery finally solves the most famous mystery in Geoffrey Chaucer's writings.

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A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars, including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge ...

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