The life of Chaucer has for greater part of century had its full share of that touching, if not always intelligent, devotion which justifiesthe theory that the human race is not after all indifferent to its heroes.There is no positive evidence of the the date of Chaucer's birth;for that of his death, 1400, we have not only tradition but the strong circumstantial proof that his pensions ceased to be paid at that time. He was pretty certainly the son the son of John and Agens Chaucer. Nor is there any doubt that Geoffrey Chaucer himself was in close and constant connectionwith the Royal Family
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Geoffrey Chaucer (born 1340/44, died 1400) is remembered as the author of The Canterbury Tales, which ranks as one of the greatest epic works of world literature. Chaucer made a crucial contribution to English literature in using English at a time when much court poetry was still written in Anglo-Norman or Latin.
A considerable body of minor poems, original and translated - The Book of Duchess, The Parliament of Flowers, The Complaints of Mars and Arcite, with about a score of shorts pieces, ballads, and more.
The House of Fame.
The Legend of good women.
Troilus and Cressid.
The canterbury Tales.
All his this work divided into three periods- in the first of which, represented by The Romaunt of the Rose and most of minor poems, French influence predominates; in the second of which this is exchanged for Italian,as shown in Troilus [adapted from Boccaccio]; the House of fame, and the first draft of the Knight's Tale [again from Boccaccio]; while in the third, of which the Canerbury Tales are the great outcom .The great feature of the Canterbury Tales is the extraordinary vividness and precision of the presentment of images, whether complicated or simple.
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Geoffrey Chaucer (born 1340/44, died 1400) is remembered as the author of The Canterbury Tales, which ranks as one of the greatest epic works of world literature. Chaucer made a crucial contribution to English literature in using English at a time when much court poetry was still written in Anglo-Norman or Latin.A considerable body of minor poems, original and translated - The Book of Duchess, The Parliament of Flowers, The Complaints of Mars and Arcite, with about a score of shorts pieces, ballads, and more.
The House of Fame.
The Legend of good women.
Troilus and Cressid.
The canterbury Tales.
All his this work divided into three periods- in the first of which, represented by The Romaunt of the Rose and most of minor poems, French influence predominates; in the second of which this is exchanged for Italian,as shown in Troilus [adapted from Boccaccio]; the House of fame, and the first draft of the Knight's Tale [again from Boccaccio]; while in the third, of which the Canerbury Tales are the great outcom .The great feature of the Canterbury Tales is the extraordinary vividness and precision of the presentment of images, whether complicated or simple.
The above biography is copyrighted. Do not republish it without permission.
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