A lively, concise biography of the father of English literature and the tumultuous year that led to The Canterbury Tales
At the beginning of 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer-lauded today as the father of English literature-was a middle-aged Londoner with a modest bureaucratic post; his literary successes had been confined to a small audience of intimate friends. But by year's end, he was swept up in a series of disastrous events that would ultimately leave him jobless, homeless, separated from his wife, and exiled in the countryside of Kent. Unbroken by these worldly reversals, Chaucer pursued a new life in art.
In this highly accessible social history, Paul Strohm, one of the finest medievalists of our time, vividly recreates the bustle of everyday life in fourteenth-century London while he unveils the fascinating story behind Chaucer's journey from personal crisis to rebirth as the immortal poet of The Canterbury Tales.
Product details
- Paperback | 304 pages
- 137 x 203 x 18mm | 254g
- 27 Oct 2015
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Penguin USA
- United States
- English
- Reprint
- 0143127837
- 9780143127833
- 770,935
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