Famous presidential portraits, ... The Canterbury Tales is considered Geoffrey Chaucer’s magnum opus, and one of the most influential pieces of English-language literature.

Of all the tales Chaucer’s pilgrims tell around the table at the Tabard Inn, it is the Wife of Bath’s that has most riotously escaped the Middle Ages: inspiring Shakespeare, James Joyce, Zadie ...

NEW PUBLICATIONS; SKEATS EDITION OF CHAUCER. SHE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER. Edited from Numerous Manuscripts. By the Rev. Walter W. Skeat Vol. L. Lomaunt of the Rose, and Minor Poems.

Geoffrey Chaucer is buried in the south transept (or south cross) of Westminster Abbey, now known as Poets' Corner.As the author of The Canterbury Tales Chaucer is, next to Shakespeare, perhaps the ...

The life of Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1340-1400), often labeled “the father of English poetry,” ought to be an open book: He is ...

Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer Taken from The Regimen of Princes. British Library/Robana/REX. William Mata 13 October 2024. Students studying a module on Geoffrey Chaucer at the University of ...

The life of Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1340-1400), often labeled “the father of English poetry,” ought to be an open book: He is mentioned almost 500 times in contemporary records, far more than ...