The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales: The Romaunt of the Rose, and Minor Poems (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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- The Canterbury Tales are well known as being Chaucer's greatest work; and the General Prologue or Introduction to them is certainly one of the most important pieces in our English Literature. Students of English history must sometimes be weary of reading the accounts of wars, battles, and political events, and.

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Often referred to as the father of English poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer was a fourteenth-century philosopher, alchemist, astrologer, bureaucrat, diplomat, and author of many significant poems. Chaucer s writing was influential in English literary tradition, as it introduced new rhyming schemes and helped develop the vernacular traditionthe use of everyday Englishrather than the literary French and Latin, which were common in written works of the time. Chaucer s best-knownand most imitatedworks include The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, The Book of the Duchess, and The House of Fame.

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  • PublisherForgotten Books
  • Publication date2018
  • ISBN 10 0259338133
  • ISBN 13 9780259338130
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages204

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