Set Yet Speaking
A blog about that fusty old thing called philology
I’m Dr Nik Gunn and I’m a linguist, literary historian and translator. I write about medieval languages and literatures with the aim of being accessible, but never simplified. If that sounds like your thing, then please subscribe below!
Posts
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The Wanderer
The role of empathy in reading pre-modern literature If you’d prefer, you can listen to this article below The Wanderer was the first piece of Old English literature that really grabbed… Read more ⇢
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Between Philology and Desire, Part 1
Why translation matters for studying literary history Listen to this post here: “It was as if, on the analogy of baptism by desire, I had undergone something like illumination by… Read more ⇢
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Welcome
Hello everyone. Welcome back to Set Yet Speaking. It’s been a while. The last time I properly updated this website, I was still lecturing. Things have changed a bit since… Read more ⇢
Dr Nik Gunn 