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Há 14 horas · However, ancient ekphrasis, in the broader sense of detailed and lively description, had a rich afterlife throughout the Middle Ages (e.g., in Geoffrey Chaucer), the Renaissance (e.g., in Shakespeare), Neoclassicism (in Joseph Addison’s essays and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s “Laocoön”), and even into the Romantic Age (e.g., in William Wordsworth and George Gordon Byron).
Há 3 dias · This essay about Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” examines the work’s significance in English literature and its portrayal of medieval society. It explains how Chaucer’s diverse cast of characters from different social backgrounds engage in a storytelling contest during a pilgrimage providing a microcosm of 14th-century life.
Há 3 dias · One of the spectators at the Peasants’ Revolt was Geoffrey Chaucer, born in the Vintry area of London, who rose to be a diplomat, a Courtier and London’s Customs Officer. He lived with his wife in the Chamber above the Gate in the City Wall at Aldgate.
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- November 12, 2023
Há 3 dias · The London of Chaucer's time (the reigns of Edward III. and Richard II.) was a scattered town, spotted as thick with gardens as a common meadow is with daisies. Hovels stood cheek by jowl with stately monasteries, and the fortified mansions in the narrow City lanes were surrounded by citizens' stalls and shops.
Há 3 dias · GEOFFREY CHAUCER. There was an exterior gallery, also of wood, on the left, which, with the rooms behind it, have been levelled with the ground, in order to make room for a new pile of warehouses.
Há 4 dias · I Racconti di Canterbury (titolo originale The Canterbury Tales) è una silloge di novelle stilate da Geoffrey Chaucer nel ‘300. L’unità testuale è foriera di movimenti e successioni ben costruite e suggestive: favoleggia, infatti, le vicissitudini di alcuni pellegrini in itinere verso la Cattedrale di Canterbury, e lì diretti per ...
Há 2 dias · This is a list of English-language poets, who have written much of their poetry in English. Main country of residence as a poet (not place of birth): A = Australia, Ag = Antigua, B = Barbados, Bo = Bosnia, C = Canada, Ch = Chile, Cu = Cuba, D = Dominica, De = Denmark, E = England, F = France, G = Germany, Ga = Gambia, Gd = Grenada, Gh = Ghana/Gold Coast, Gr = Greece, Gu = Guyana/British Guiana ...
