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19 de jun. de 2024 · Discover 20 fascinating facts about Geoffrey Chaucer, the influential English poet, and author of "The Canterbury Tales." Delve into his life, works, and enduring legacy.
25 de jun. de 2024 · Geoffrey Chaucer lived from 1343 to 1400, significantly impacting the development of English poetry and literature. He was a courtier, diplomat, and civil servant, and his most famous work, “The Canterbury Tales,” is considered a masterpiece of medieval literature.
14 de jun. de 2024 · Geoffrey Chaucer was born into a prosperous family in London around 1343. His father, John Chaucer, was a successful wine merchant, which afforded young Geoffrey opportunities that shaped his future literary career.
28 de jun. de 2024 · In fact, Geoffrey Chaucer, who lived between about 1340 and 1400, has plenty to offer. A radical poet in his day, he confronted medieval audiences with their long-held views of corruption in the church, obscenity, racism, anti-Semitism and sexual violence.
17 de jun. de 2024 · Chaucer describes how he “caughte hire by the queynte” – you’ll need to google it. The tale is still banned in some parts of the United States.
12 de jun. de 2024 · Jack B. Oruch, professor de inglês da Universidade do Kansas, também nos EUA, que morreu em 2013, estudou o Dia dos Namorados como parte de sua pesquisa sobre o poeta Geoffrey Chaucer.
Há 6 dias · Geoffrey Chaucer is buried in the south transept (or south cross) of Westminster Abbey, now known as Poets' Corner. As the author of The Canterbury Tales Chaucer is, next to Shakespeare, perhaps the most famous English poet, and has been called "The Father of English Poetry".
