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| Name: |
Geoffrey Chaucer | | Birth Date: |
c. 1345 | | Death Date: |
October, 1400 | | Place of Birth: |
England | | Place of Death: |
London, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
poet, author, courtier |
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 Biography of Geoffrey Chaucer
11,782 words, approx. 39 pages
 Perhaps we must first realize what a curious phenomenon it is that Geoffrey Chaucer became the first English author. It would have been surprising in the fourteenth century for anyone to think of writing in his native tongue, and this was particularly... summary from source:
 Biography of Geoffrey Chaucer
10,939 words, approx. 37 pages
Perhaps the modern reader must first realize what a curious phenomenon it is that Geoffrey Chaucer became the first English author. It would have been surprising in the fourteenth century for anyone to think of writing in his native tongue, and this... summary from source:
Biography of Geoffrey Chaucer
2,227 words, approx. 7 pages
The English author and courtier Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1345-1400) was one of the greatest poets of the late Middle Ages and has often been called the father of English poetry. His best-known works are The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. The... 
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 Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
2,275 words, approx. 8 pages
 Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25 , 1400 ) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat (courtier), and diplomat. Chaucer is best known as the author of The Canterbury Tales . He is sometimes credited with being the first author to...
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 Chaucer, Geoffrey
3,881 words, approx. 13 pages(born &circa; 1342/43, London?, Eng.—died Oct. 25, 1400, London) the outstanding English poet before Shakespeare and “the first finder of our language.” His The Canterbury Tales ranks as one of the greatest poetic works in English. He... summary from source:
Chaucer, Geoffrey
184 words, approx. 1 pages(born &circa; 1342/43, London?, Eng.—died Oct. 25, 1400, London) English poet. Of middle-class birth, he was a courtier, diplomat, and civil servant, trusted by three kings in his active and varied career, and a poet only by avocation. His first... summary from source:
 Geoffrey Chaucer Summary
116 words, approx. 1 pages1340?-1400 English poet and civil servant who wrote the literary classic The Canterbury Tales, among other works, and held numerous government posts during the reigns of Edward III, Richard II, and Henry IV. Fluent in French (the language of the wine... summary from source:
 Geoffrey Chaucer Information
6,913 words, approx. 23 pages
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat courtier, and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales. Sometimes called...
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 Monarch Notes Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Preface
01/01/1963: 2,144 words, approx. 7 pages Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Preface Anyone who presumes to add another book to the growing list of outlines, commentaries, modernizations - even children's versions - of Chaucer's poetry must begin with an apology. Modernizations (and there are some good ones) tend sometimes to be even... summary from source:
Monarch Notes Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
01/01/1963: 5,108 words, approx. 17 pages Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 The Canterbury Tales: Summary: Chaucer stops off at the Tabard Inn on his way to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket. He falls in with twenty-nine other pilgrims, and in the famous General Prologue to the Canterbury... summary from source:
 AP News Today in history - Oct. 25
10/25/2007: 575 words, approx. 2 pagesToday is Thursday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 2007. There are 67 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 25, 1854, the "Charge of the Light Brigade" took place during the Crimean War as an English brigade of more than 600 men,... summary from source:
The New York Observer Snark: The First 2,000 Years
1/11/2006: 1,563 words, approx. 5 pagesAs you may have been able to tell from The New York Times' diabetes series (following its series on gold), it's Pulitzer season and everyone's trying to jump on the multi-part bandwagon. Even MarketWatch's Jon Friedman is bringing out the big guns with a three-parter...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Carolyn Dinshaw
17,665 words, approx. 59 pages
In the following essay, Dinshaw maintains that in his works Chaucer figuratively associates literary activity with the human body. This association, argues Dinshaw, may be seen in the poem “Adam Scriveyn,” as well as in a number of Chaucer's other works. Dinshaw further contends that for Chaucer all literary activity is gendered, and that the characters in his works who control language are associated with masculine power in patriarchal society.
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Critical Essay by R. Howard Bloch
11,078 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Bloch points out that apparent discrepancies exist between the motivation and actions of the characters in Chaucer's “The Physician's Tale.” The key to making sense of such disparity, Bloch maintains, is understanding how the character Virginia's virginity would have been understood by medieval readers. Bloch explains how the Church Fathers of the time would have viewed the story, noting that once Virginia is looked upon with desire by Appius, she ... summary from source:
Lecture by John Livingston Lowes
7,310 words, approx. 24 pages
Lowes is noted for his essays and lectures on poetry and is the author of Geoffrey Chaucer and the Development of His Genius. In the following excerpt from one of his published lectures, Lowes provides cultural, biographical, and literary sources for Chaucer's works.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 92%Jest and Earnest in Chaucer's Work
3,280 words, approx. 11 pages
Explores the life of writer Geoffrey Chaucer. Describes his early life, education and early works, includng his most famous, The Canterbury Tales. Comments on the mixture of jest and earnest characteristic of Chaucer's work. summary from source:
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Essay Grade: 96%The Comedy of Chaucer's Fabliaux
2,501 words, approx. 8 pages
Geoffrey Chaucer's tales of the Miller,the Reve, the Merchant and the Wife of Bath are lewd, but funny, stories in the comic genre of fabliaux.
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