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Chaucer (Hardcover)

By: Peter Ackroyd (Author)

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"[A] fascinating portrait of the man who has been called the father of English poetry....You get a clear sense of English as an evolving language, and, for those puzzled by Chaucer's version of it, Ackroyd includes an appendix with modern translations of all the quoted material. A splendid introduction to a pivotal figure in the history of English literature."

"[T]he work can serve as an effective introduction to its author as well as its subject...."

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In the first in a new series of brief biographies, bestselling author Peter Ackroyd brilliantly evokes the medieval world of England and provides an incomparable introduction to the great poet’s works.

Geoffrey Chaucer, who died in 1400, lived a surprisingly eventful life. He served with the Duke of Clarence and with Edward III, and in 1359 was taken prisoner in France and ransomed. Through his wife, Philippa, he gained the patronage of John of Gaunt, which helped him carve out a career at Court. His posts included Controller of Customs at the Port of London, Knight of the Shire for Kent, and King's Forester. He went on numerous adventurous diplomatic missions to France and Italy. Yet he was also indicted for rape, sued for debt, and captured in battle and held for ransom.

He began to write in the 1360s, and is now known as the father of English poetry. His Troilus and Criseyde is the first example of modern English literature, and his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, the forerunner of the English novel, dominated the last part of his life.

In his lively style, Peter Ackroyd, one of the most acclaimed biographers and novelists writing today, brings us an eye-opening portrait, rich in drama and colorful historical detail, of a prolific, multifaceted genius.

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Peter Ackroyd's brief and pithy biography of Chaucer (1343?-1400) sets the writer firmly in his 14th-century London milieu, and emphasizes the way his life led to his poetry. He also discusses each of Chaucer's poems in detail, including THE CANTERBURY TALES. In 2004, Ackroyd also published a novel, THE CLERKENWELL TALES, which is loosely based on Chaucer's great work.

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