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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer 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 the father of English literature, Chaucer is credited by some scholars as the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English language, rather than French or Latin. (Source.)

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14th century English poet and author

Born 1343
Died 25 October 1400

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  • Cover of: A Complete Concordance to the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Alpha-Omega: Lexika, Indizes, Konkordanzen. Reihe C, Englisc)

    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (London Mediaeval & Renaissance)
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    First published in 1975 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Knight's Tale (Selected Tales from Chaucer)
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    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Miller's Tale on CD-Rom: Institutional Licence (Scholarly Digital Editions)

    First published in 2002 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Poetical works of Geoffrey Chaucer: with poems formerly printed with his or attributed to him

    First published in 1866 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Canterbury Tales of Chaucer: With an Essay upon His Language and Versification, an Introductory Discourse, Notes, and a Glossary; Volume 2

    First published in 2023 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Dryden's Fables: Tales in Verse Retold from Chaucer and Boccaccio

    First published in 2023 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: [Werke] Geoffrey Chaucers Werke: Bd. 2, T. 1

    First published in 1900 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Man of Law's Tale: The Nun's Priest's Tale; the Squire's Tale

    First published in 2023 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Canterbury Tales: Abridged in Modern English

    First published in 1964 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

    First published in 2008 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Contes de Canterbury de Geoffroy Chaucer: Traduction Française Avec une Introduction et des Notes

    First published in 2023 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Canterbury Tales; with an Essay upon His Language and Versification, an Introductory Discourse, Notes, and a Glossary; Volume 3

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  • Cover of: Contes de Cantorbery: Traduits en Vers Français de Geoffrey Chaucer

    First published in 2023 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Canterbury Tales of Chaucer: To Which Are Added an Essay on His Language and Versification, and an Introductory Discourse, Together with Notes and a Glossary; Volume 3

    First published in 2023 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer; Volume 2

    First published in 2023 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Compared with the Former Editions, and Many Valuable Mss. Out of Which, Three Tales Are Added Which Were Never Before Printed

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  • Cover of: Belles of Canterbury: A Chaucer Tale Out of School, a Play in One Act for Eleven Girls

    First published in 1912 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Ellesmere Ms. of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

    First published in 2023 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Wife of Bath: A Comedy, As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-lane, by Her Majesty's Servants

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14th century English poet and author

Born 1343
Died 25 October 1400

Subjects

Poetry, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Medieval Tales, English poetry, Manuscripts, Chaucer, geoffrey, -1400, English literature, Fiction, Manuscripts, English (Middle), Textual Criticism, Troilus (Legendary character), Cressida (Fictitious character), Criticism and interpretation, Facsimiles, Trojan War, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Medieval Manuscripts, English language, Storytelling, Children's fiction, English Manuscripts, History and criticism, Middle English, Adaptations

Places

England, Canterbury, Troy (Extinct city), Canterbury (England), Cambridge, Great Britain, Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, Angleterre, Calcutta, California, Clarendon Press series, Commonwealth countries, India, Jefferson, London, Mississippi, New York, New York (State), San Marino, Surrey, Turkey, Wales, Yoknapatawpha County

People

Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400), Geoffrey Chaucer (-1400), Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400), Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Blanche Duchess of Lancaster (1340 or 41-1369), Carleton Brown (1869-1941), Geoffrey Chaucer (d.1400), Mangan's sister, Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint, Walter W. Skeat (1835-1912), William Morris (1834-1896), Albert Taylor, Alfred Doolittle, Colonel Pickering, Colonel Sartoris, Donald C. Baker, Edwin Greenlaw (1874-1931,), Eliza Doolittle, Emily Grierson, F. J. Harvey Darton (1878-1936), Fortunato, Freddy Eynsford Hill, Frederick James Furnivall (1825-1910,), Galatea, Geoffrey Chaucer

Time

Middle English, 1100-1500, 14th century, 19th century, Early modern, 1500-1700, 1912, Antebellum era, Carnival, The Middle Ages, The Trojan War, To 1500, c.800 B.C.

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Alternative names

  • Chaucer
  • Geoffrey CHAUCER
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • Geoffry Chaucer
  • CHAUCER, GEOFFREY, D. 1400.
  • GEOFFREY CHAUCER
  • G. Chaucer
  • Chaucer G
  • G Chaucer
  • Geoffery Chaucer
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
  • Chaucer.
  • chaucer-geoffrey
  • Chaucer;
  • Geoffrey Chaucer.
  • geoffrey chaucer
  • Chaucer Geoffrey
  • Geoff Chaucer
  • Jun Chaucer
  • Geoffrey d. 1400 Criticism and Chaucer
  • Geoffrey. (Edited By Richard Morris) Chaucer
  • Chaucer; translated by Nevill Coghill
  • Chaucer (trans. Nevill coghill)
  • William - Editor ) Chaucer et al ( Frost
  • Chaucer, Edited by Ford, B
  • Geoffery (Ed by John Halverson) Chaucer
  • Geoffrey and R.M.Lumiansky (Trans) Chaucer
  • Geoffrey (translated By Nevill Coghill) Chaucer
  • trans CHAUCER (G).COGHILL (N)
  • CHAUCER
  • (CHAUCER).

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January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
August 25, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
August 24, 2024 Edited by mheiman merge authors
July 29, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import