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Chaucer, Geoffrey (1346–1400) Quick reference
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His writings are remarkable for their range, narrative sense, power of characterization, and humour. They include The Book of the
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1343?–1400) Reference library
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
(1343?–1400)
Founder of modern English poetry, Chaucer is also an example of the rise of the middle class
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The Oxford Companion to Chaucer
With one arguable exception, none of the manuscripts of Chaucer's writing was written by the poet himself (the possible exception
criticism of Chaucer I Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Chaucer
(to the earlier 20th c.). ‘No other author has been commented on in English so regularly and extensively over so
criticism of Chaucer II: Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Chaucer
since 1930. The year 1933 can be taken, conveniently if rather arbitrarily, as the date when ‘modern’ criticism of
Chaucer, Geoffrey Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Chaucer
Neither the date nor the place of Chaucer's birth are known for certain. Since in 1386 he described himself as
Chaucer, Geoffrey Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Chaucer
(see also book). If the poet's private life remains much more elusive than his public life, we can
