GEOFFREY CHAUCER began writing The Canterbury Tales sometime around 1387 A.D.; the uncompleted manuscript was published in 1400, the year he died. Having recently passed the six hundredth anniversary of its publication, the book is still of interest to modern students for several reasons. For one thing, The Canterbury Tales is recognized as the first book of poetry written in the English language. Before Chaucer’s time, even poets who lived in England wrote in Italian or Latin, which meant that poetry was only understandable to people of the wealthy, educated class. English was considered low class and vulgar. To a great degree, The Canterbury Tales helped make it a legitimate language to work in. Because of this work, all of the great writers who followed, from Shakespeare to Dryden to Keats to Eliot, owe him a debt of gratitude. It is because Chaucer wrote in English that there is a written record of the roots from which the modern language grew. Contemporary readers might find his words nearly as difficult to follow as a foreign language, but scholars are thankful for the chance to compare Middle English to the language as it is spoken now, to examine its growth. In the same way that The Canterbury Tales gives modern readers a sense of the language at the time, the book also gives a rich, intricate tapestry of medieval social life, combining elements of all classes, from nobles to workers, from priests and nuns to drunkards and thieves. The General Prologue alone provides a panoramic view of society that is not like any found elsewhere in all of literature. Students who are not particularly interested in medieval England can appreciate the author’s technique in capturing the variations of human temperament and behavior. Collections of stories were common in Chaucer’s time, and some still exist today, but the genius of The Canterbury Tales is that the individual stories are presented in a continuing narrative, showing how all of the various pieces of life connect to one another. Copyright eNotes. This entry does not cover all the tales, only some of the most studied.
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Geoffrey Chaucer, born in 1340, was the author of one of the greatest English literature works which was The Canterbury Tales.
ResponderEliminarAfter his capture in the Hundred Years’ War, he made some writings for journeys about diplomacy and commercial missions. He did not success in this job, thereby he started to write some poems in English language but he could not finish his major contribution because of his death. The Canterbury Tales was the story of a pilgrims’ group which tell stories interlinked with them while they are walking to a cathedral.
Chaucer died in 1400.
Geoffrey Chaucer, author of "Canterbury Tales", one of the greatest epic works of world literature, born in 1340 in London. He produced several translations his best work, Troilus and Criseyde, which has been called one of the finest love poems in the English language, and wrote about diplomacy and commercial missions.
ResponderEliminarWhen he was 40 years he started to write The Canterbury Tales; however the book,was left unfinished when the author died in 1400.
Chaucer is rightly remembered as the first major author to popularize the use of English in literature.
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales. Sometimes called the father of English literature, Chaucer is credited by some scholars as the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular Middle English, rather than French or Latin.Chaucer was born circa 1343 in London, though the exact date and location of his birth are not known. His father and grandfather were both London vintners and before that, for several generations, the family members were merchants in Ipswich. His name is derived from the French chausseur, meaning shoemaker.[1] In 1324 John Chaucer, Geoffrey's father, was kidnapped by an aunt in the hope of marrying the twelve-year-old boy to her daughter in an attempt to keep property in Ipswich. The aunt was imprisoned and the £250 fine levied suggests that the family was financially secure, bourgeois, if not in the elite.[2] John married Agnes Copton, who, in 1349, inherited properties including 24 shops in London from her uncle, Hamo de Copton, who is described as the "moneyer" at the Tower of London.
ResponderEliminarGeoffrey Chaucer, born in 1340 and he died in 1400.
ResponderEliminarEnglish poet, one of the highlights of his country, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, was crucial for the further development of English literature. His life is known through documents pertaining to his career as an officer of the court of kings Edward III and Richard II. Son of a prosperous London wine merchant. He wrote The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories whose background consists of a pilgrimage to the cathedral Canterbury. Among them there are all sorts of characters from very different social backgrounds, from a gentleman to a humble farmer, and make up a microcosm of English society of the fourteenth century
Despite the imprecise details of Geoffrey Chaucer's life it is thought that the first major author to popularize the use of English language in literature was born in London in 1340. Chaucer served with the Edward III's army in France, and was captured and ransomed. Around his 20s, Chaucer got married. His first remarkable literary work, the Book of the Duchess, was written when he was 29 years old. Then he exposed to Roman classical literature several diplomatic journeys to Italy. It is worthy to mention that in Troilus and Criseyde Geoffrey popularized the seven line stanza -rhyme royal.
ResponderEliminarChaucer held a variety of posts at King Edward's court and around 1387 he began The Canterbury Tales, his master work, which was never finished. This pilgrims’ story, who journey from London to the shrine of Thomas à Becket at Canterbury, vividly portray a section of English society.
The father of English poetry, the preeminent English poet, the author of one of the greatest epic works of world literature died on October 25, 1400.
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English author, poet, courtier, philosopher, diplomat, and bureaucrat, he wrote many works that give him the name the father of English literature. He was born circa 1343 in London. His name is derived from the French chausseur, meaning shoemaker. He had nearly five hundred written items testifying to his career. There aren’t many details about his life, but he was a prisoner of the war, fortunately he was freed, after that he was an employed of the king and he had the opportune to travel, when he come backed he married Philippa, the daughter of Sir Payne Roet. His best works are The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde and he died 25 October 1400
ResponderEliminarGeoffrey Chaucer is the author of “The Canterbury Tales”, which ranks as one of the greatest epic works of world literature. Also we can say that Chaucer made a crucial contribution to English literature in using English at a time when much court poetry was still written in Anglo-Norman or Latin.
ResponderEliminarChaucer went to France with Edward III's army during the Hundred Years' War. He was captured in the Ardennes and returned to England.
Between 1367 and 1378 Chaucer made several journeys abroad on diplomatic and commercial missions. He was also elected to Parliament. In that period He produced most of his best poetry, among others Troilus and Cressida, based on a love story by Boccaccio. His first narrative poem was called, “The Book of the Duchess”. Soon afterward Chaucer translated The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, and wrote the poem The Parliament of Birds.
Chaucer did not begin working on The Canterbury Tales until he was in his early 40s. The stories are interlinked with interludes in which the characters talk with each other. Finally Chaucer died in London on October 25, 1400.
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ResponderEliminarGEOFFREY CHAUCER GEOFFREY CHAUCER Chaucer's knowledge of literature and languages makes him truly a European writer. He was familiar with the works of contemporary French poets and with those of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio. Virgil, Ovid, Lucan, Boethius are recognizable classical references. FRENCH PERIOD The book of the Duchesse (1369): is an elegy for the second wife of John of Gaunt. The form is that of a dream-allegory and the verse in octosyllabic couplets. ITALIAN PERIOD The Parliament of Fouls (1380): Chaucer adopts a “rhyme royal”: a seven-line stanza rhyming: AB ABB CC. It's a dream allegory celebrating St. Valentine's day. The legend of good women (1385): perfect “love cases” made trough the praised of faithful and passionate lovers. Cleopatra, Lucretia, Philomela are models of woman Troylous and Criseyde (1380-1385): is mythological work. Its source is Boccaccio's “Filostrato”. Classical tradition is with the courtly tradition in the character of Troylus. ENGLISH PERIOD The Canterbury tales (1387): result of the combination of the experience of the man of his age and the experience of a skilful artist. Knowledge of human nature. Humour and realism. Chaucer puts himself in the position of an observer (while obviously being the narrator). This point of view favours satirical comment (his point of view is middle class). Characters: they reflect the social pyramid of the society in which he lived and its crucial transformation from a feudal world to an early commercial one. Characters are class prototypes and not only individual portraits. English Church is portrayed in the tales of the prioress, the monk, the friar, the pardoner and the parson. The tales of the knight and the squire give us a glimpse of the “old” aristocracy changing its traditional values. The wife of Bath, the merchant and the man of law represent the “new” rising class (while artisans are shown in the character of the miller). The language that characters speak is typical of a social status. The narrator is typologically similar to a middle-class-man, not covering the omniscient role he usually held in medieval work. Thus he establishes a direct, “equal-to-equal” relationship to his audience. The knight: a traditional character, the man of continuity with the past. To be noticed Chaucer's modernity in making this knight worthy, not because he's a knight, but because of his personal qualities. His present look is in contrast with his glorious past. He's poor but still a worthy man. The squire: the portrait of the son is different from that of the father (the knight). He has a different set of values: usefulness, personal interest rather than ideals of chivalry. Formal attachment to tradition. The prioress: daughter of nobility, fascinated by manners as a sign of distinction. The result is her constant acting and her carelessness for matters more serious than manners.
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ResponderEliminarGEOFFREY CHAUCER GEOFFREY CHAUCER Chaucer's knowledge of literature and languages makes him truly a European writer. He was familiar with the works of contemporary French poets and with those of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio. Virgil, Ovid, Lucan, Boethius are recognizable classical references. FRENCH PERIOD The book of the Duchesse (1369): is an elegy for the second wife of John of Gaunt. The form is that of a dream-allegory and the verse in octosyllabic couplets. ITALIAN PERIOD The Parliament of Fouls (1380): Chaucer adopts a “rhyme royal”: a seven-line stanza rhyming: AB ABB CC. It's a dream allegory celebrating St. Valentine's day. The legend of good women (1385): perfect “love cases” made trough the praised of faithful and passionate lovers. Cleopatra, Lucretia, Philomela are models of woman Troylous and Criseyde (1380-1385): is mythological work. Its source is Boccaccio's “Filostrato”. Classical tradition is with the courtly tradition in the character of Troylus. ENGLISH PERIOD The Canterbury tales (1387): result of the combination of the experience of the man of his age and the experience of a skilful artist. Knowledge of human nature. Humour and realism. Chaucer puts himself in the position of an observer (while obviously being the narrator). This point of view favours satirical comment (his point of view is middle class).
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
ResponderEliminarChaucer was born circa 1343 in London, though the exact date and location of his birth are not known. His father and grandfather were both London vintners and before that, for several generations, the family members were merchants inIpswich. The aunt was imprisoned and the £250 fine levied suggests that the family was financially secure, bourgeois, if not in the elite.
The poetry of Chaucer, along with other writers of the era, is credited with helping to standardise the London Dialect of theMiddle English language from a combination of the Kentish and Midlands dialects. [17] This is probably overstated; the influence of the court, chancery and bureaucracy—of which Chaucer was a part—remains a more probable influence on the development of Standard English. Modern English is somewhat distanced from the language of Chaucer's poems owing to the effect of the Great Vowel Shift some time after his death.
The status of the final -e in Chaucer's verse is uncertain: it seems likely that during the period of Chaucer's writing the final -e was dropping out of colloquial English and that its use was somewhat irregular. Chaucer's versification suggests that the final -e is sometimes to be vocalised, and sometimes to be silent; however, this remains a point on which there is disagreement. When it is vocalised, most scholars pronounce it as a schwa. Apart from the irregular spelling, much of the vocabulary is recognisable to the modern reader. Chaucer is also recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary as the first author to use many common English words in his writings.
Geoffrey Chaucer (born 1340/44, died 1400) is remembered as the author of The Canterbury Tales, which ranks as one of the greatest epic works of world literature. Chaucer made a crucial contribution to English literature in using English at a time when much court poetry was still written in Anglo-Norman or Latin. Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London.
ResponderEliminarIn 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 Roet, the sister of John Gaunt's future wife. Between 1367 and 1378 Chaucer made several journeys abroad on diplomatic and commercial missions. Chaucer took his narrative inspiration for his works from several sources but still remained an entirely individual poet, gradually developing his personal style and techniques. His first narrative poem, The Book of the Duchess, was probably written shortly after the death of Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, first wife of John Gaunt, in September 1369. His nextimportant work, The House of Fame, was written between 1374 and 1385.
Chaucer did not begin working on The Canterbury Tales until he was in his early 40s. The book, which was left unfinished when the author died, depicts a pilgrimage by some 30 people, who are going on a spring day in April to the shrine of the martyr, St. Thomas Becket. On the way they amuse themselves by telling stories. Among the band of pilgrims are a knight, a monk, a prioress, a plowman, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, and an oft-widowed wife from Bath. The stories are interlinked with interludes in which the characters talk with each other, revealing much about themselves.
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Geoffrey Chaucer was the preeminent English poet, and he remains in the top tier of the English canon. He also was the most significant poet to write in Middle English. Chaucer was born in the early 1340s to a fairly rich, well-to-do, though not aristocratic family. His father, John Chaucer, was a vintner and deputy to the king's butler. His family's financial success came from work in the wine and leather businesses, and they had considerable inherited property in London. Little information exists about Chaucer's education, but his writings demonstrate a close familiarity with a number of important books of his contemporaries and of earlier times (such as Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy).
ResponderEliminarChaucer likely was fluent in several languages, including French, Italian, and Latin. Sons of wealthy London merchants could receive good educations at this time, and there is reason to believe that, if Chaucer did not attend one of the schools on Thames Street near his boyhood home, then he was at least well-educated at home. Certainly his work showcases a passion for reading a huge range of literature, classical and modern.
Called the father of English poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer is ranked as one of the greatest poets of the late Middle Ages (C. E. 476 c.–1500). He was born about 1345, or a year or two earlier, in his father's house located on Thames Street, London, England.
ResponderEliminarJohn of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, asked Chaucer to compose a memorial poem, written in English, to be recited at the Mass for his deceased wife.
Between 1387 and 1400 Chaucer must have devoted much time to the writing of his most famous work, The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer gives his tale of pilgrimage, or journey to a sacred site, national suggestions by directing it toward the shrine of St. Thomas Becket (c. 1118–1170), a citizen of London and a national hero. The humor is sometimes very subtle, but it is also often broad and out-spoken.
His original plan for The Canterbury Tales called for two tales each from over twenty pilgrims (people who travel to a holy site) making a journey from Southwark, England, to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury, England, and back. He later modified the plan to write only one tale from each pilgrim on the road to Canterbury, but even this plan was never completed. The tales survive in groups connected by prologues (introductions) and epilogues (conclusions). The series is introduced in a "General Prologue" that describes the pilgrimage and the pilgrims taking part in it.
Chaucer wrote a number of shorter poems and translated at least part of Roman de la rose, a late medieval French poem by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun. Chaucer's interests also included science. He prepared a translation of a Latin article on the use of the astrolabe, an instrument for finding the latitude of the sun and planets. He may also have been the translator of a work concerning the use of an equatorium, an instrument for calculating the positions of the planets.
In December 1399 Chaucer retired and leased a house in the garden of Westminster Abbey, London. In October 1400 Chaucer died.
Chaucer (born 1340/44, died 1400)
ResponderEliminarFirstly is remembered as the author of The Canterbury Tales, which ranks as one of the greatest epic works of world literature. Chaucer made a crucial contribution to English literature in using English at a time when much court poetry was still written in Anglo-Norman or Latin.
Secondly Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London. He was the son of a prosperous wine merchant and deputy to the king's butler, and his wife Agnes. Little is known of his early education, but his works show that he could read French, Latin, and Italian.
Chaucer did not begin working on The Canterbury Tales until he was in his early 40s. The book, which was left unfinished when the author died, depicts a pilgrimage by some 30 people, who are going on a spring day in April to the shrine of the martyr, St. Thomas Becket. On the way they amuse themselves by telling stories. Among the band of pilgrims are a knight, a monk, a prioress, a plowman, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, and an oft-widowed wife from Bath. The stories are interlinked with interludes in which the characters talk with each other, revealing much about themselves.
Finnaly According to tradition, Chaucer died in London on October 25, 1400. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, in the part of the church, which afterwards came to be called Poet's Corner. A monument was erected to him in 1555.