Chaucer's greatest work and the greater part of it was writtenin heroic couplets. A true-to-life picture of Chaucer's time; It gives a comprehensive picture of Chaucer's time. The gentle class--- the burgher(市民)--- the professionals Exposes andsatirizesthe evils of his time Presenting ...
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While we know a good deal about Geoffrey Chaucer's public career, we know little of his life and less of his personality. He was regarded by his successors as the best of English poets and eventually as the father of our poetry. Chaucer is not only a more complete but also a much ...
Chaucer’s learning was wide in scope. He obtained a good knowledge of Latin, French and Italian. He had broad and intimate acquaintance with persons high and low in all walks of life, and knew well the whole life of his time, which left great impressions upon his works and particularly ...
Chronology of Geoffrey Chaucer's life and times AboutLibrarius: AboutLibrarius' mission: Librarius maintains a one-stop shop that offers information about Geoffrey Chaucer and his most famous literary workThe Canterbury Talesand some of his other works. Librarius' website hosts the full middle-englis...
Lewis Chaucer, the "litel sonne Lowys", for whom the "Astrolale" was written, is supposed to have died in childhood. From about his twenty-sixth year Chaucer was frequently employed on important diplomatic missions; the year 1372-3 marks the turning point of his literary life, for then ...
(1385-1400) includes most of The Canterbury Tales and his short lyrics 17 Geoffrey Chaucer—His Writing • Throughout his career Chaucer wrote short pieces—courtly lyrics, a group of ballads dealing with Boethian themes, some personal pieces of astonishing quality, and many translations or ...
Other articles where Hous of Fame is discussed: Geoffrey Chaucer: Diplomat and civil servant: …work of the 1370s was Hous of Fame, a poem of more than 2,000 lines, also in dream-vision form. In some ways it is a failure—it is unfinished, its theme is u
Chaucer’sLife Chaucer’sactivecareerascourtier,soldier,diplomat,andcivilservantprovidedhimnotonlywithknowledgebutalsoexperienceswhichaccountedforthewiderangeofhiswritings.Chaucer •a.amasterofrealism一个现实主义的能手•b.founderofEnglishliterarylanguage英国文学语言的创始人•c.Chaucer’sEnglish:Londondialect...
In 1359-1360 Chaucer went to France with Edward III's army during the Hundred Years' War. He was captured in the Ardennes and returned to England after the treaty of Brétigny in 1360.There is no certain information of his life from 1361 until c.1366, when he perhaps married Philippa Roe...