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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: The story of the Canterbury pilgrims
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    Cover of edition storycanterbury00dartgoog First published in 1914 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Riverside Chaucer
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    First published in 1987 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Canterbury Tales and Other Poems

    First published in 2014 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Works

    First published in 2018 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: A Treatise on the Astrolabe: Addressed to His Son Lowys by Geoffrey Chaucer. A.D. 1391

    First published in 2018 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Manuscripts of Chaucer's Troilus: With Collotype Facsimiles of the Various Handwritings

    First published in 2018 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Romaunt of the Rose. Rendered Out of the French into English by Geoffrey Chaucer and Illustrated by Keith Henderson & Norman Wilkinson of Four Oaks

    First published in 2018 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales
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    Cover of edition cambridgemsuniv00chaugoog First published in 1868 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales.
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    First published in 1868 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Petworth ms. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales
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    Cover of edition petworthmschauc00furngoog Cover of edition petworthmschauc01furngoog First published in 1868 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Ellesmere Ms. of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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    First published in 1868 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Complete works
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    Cover of edition chaucercompletew0000unse First published in 1894 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The clerk's prologue and tale
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    First published in 1966 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Merchant's tale
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    First published in 1960 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Introducing Chaucer: passages from Chaucer's writings chosen for beginners : with simplified spelling, and an introduction and notes

    First published in 1967 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Franklin's prologue and tale: from the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
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    First published in 1966 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Chaucer's Dream Poetry: Logman's Annotated Text (Longman Annotated Texts)

    First published in 1982 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Romaunt of the Rose from the Unique Glasgow Ms: Parallel with Its Original, le Roman de la Rose, Part 1

    First published in 2018 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer
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    First published in 1901 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Troilus and Criseyde: A Facsimile of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge MS 61

    First published in 1978 — 4 editions
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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

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  • Geoffrey CHAUCER
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • Geoffry Chaucer
  • CHAUCER, GEOFFREY, D. 1400.
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  • Geoffery Chaucer
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
  • Chaucer.
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  • Chaucer;
  • Geoffrey Chaucer.
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  • 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
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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