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Chaucer opens with the words "Lyte Lowys my sone". [ 16 ] [ f ] In the past a question arose whether the Lowys was Chaucer's son or some other child he was in close contact with. Kittredge suggested that it could be Lewis Clifford, a son of a friend and possible a godson of Chaucer's.
Geoffrey Chaucer (/ ˈ tʃ ɔː s ər / CHAW-sər; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. [1] He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". [2]
Chaucer Review 2. 205-234. 1967. Paul Theiner. Robertsonianism and the Idea of Literary History. Studies in Medieval Culture 6-7. 195-204. 1982. M. A. Manzalaoui. Robertson and Eloise. Downside Review 100. 280-289. 1987. Lee Patterson. Historical Criticism and the Development of Chaucer Studies. Negotiating the Past. Madison WI: University of ...
The story starts telling of an apprentice named Perkyn (a.k.a. Perkin) who is fond of drinking and dancing. Perkyn is released by his master and moves in with a friend who also loves to drink, and whose wife is a shopkeeper whose real occupation is that of a prostitute.
Chaucer notes that the column is of lead and iron because they wrote of battles as well as wonders, and iron is the metal of Mars and lead is the metal of Saturn. Statius , on an iron pillar covered in tiger's blood, holding up the fame of Thebes and "cruel Achilles".
Pages in category "Operas based on works by Geoffrey Chaucer" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, ed. by Helen Phillips, Durham and St. Andrews Medieval Texts, 3 (Durham: Durham and St. Andrews Medieval Texts, 1982), ISBN 0950598925 'Book of the duchesse', in The complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer, ed. by Walter William Skeat (London: Oxford University Press, 1937), pp. 83–96.
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat courtier, and diplomat. Chaucer may also refer to: 2984 Chaucer, a small main belt asteroid; Chaucer (crater), a lunar crater; Chaucer (surname) Chaucer Holdings, a British insurance firm; A variety of rose