Dec 21, 2009

Geoffrey Chaucer of England | Geoffrey Chaucer of England

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Author: Marchette Gaylord Chute
First Published: 1946
Time of Work: 1324–1400
Setting: England, France, and Italy
Principal Characters: Geoffrey Chaucer, John Chaucer, Edward III, Alice Perrers, Richard II
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
Subjects: Authors or writers, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Kings, queens, or royalty, Middle Ages, Biography, Royal courts or courtiers, Fourteenth century
Locales: France, England, Italy

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Marchette Gaylord Chute’s Geoffrey Chaucer of England is a remarkable achievement. In only twenty chapters, she has synthesized most of the documentary evidence available on Chaucer’s life and career with social and political history, as well as summaries and interpretations of most of Chaucer’s works. Her own drawings, which illustrate the book, imitate medieval artistic style and are amusingly decorative. Because much of the data available on Chaucer’s life consists of such sparse material as entries in account books, signatures on receipts and...

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Geoffrey Chaucer of England | Geoffrey Chaucer of England

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Form and Content

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