Selections From The Poetical Works Of Geoffry Chaucer: With A Concise Life Of That Poet And Remarks Illustrative Of His Genius

Chaucer, Geoffry

ISBN 10: 0548316694 / ISBN 13: 9780548316696

Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Selections From The Poetical Works Of Geoffry Chaucer: With A Concise Life Of That Poet And Remarks Illustrative Of His Genius
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0548316694
• ISBN 13: 9780548316696
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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About the Author

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.