The Minor Poems (Geoffrey Chaucer Works) - Hardcover

Chaucer, Geoffrey; Pace, George B.; David, Alfred

 
9780806116297: The Minor Poems (Geoffrey Chaucer Works)

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Book by Chaucer, Geoffrey, Pace, George B., David, Alfred

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Often referred to as the father of English poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer was a fourteenth-century philosopher, alchemist, astrologer, bureaucrat, diplomat, and author of many significant poems. Chaucer s writing was influential in English literary tradition, as it introduced new rhyming schemes and helped develop the vernacular traditionthe use of everyday Englishrather than the literary French and Latin, which were common in written works of the time. Chaucer s best-knownand most imitatedworks include The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, The Book of the Duchess, and The House of Fame.

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