Age of Chaucer
Age of Chaucer – Background Introduction In the history of English literature, the later half of the 14th century is generally regarded as the Age of Chaucer on account of Chaucer’s significant contribution to...
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The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (aka General Prologue) Introduction The General Prologue serves as an introduction to the overarching frame story. One spring day, the narrator of The Canterbury Tales rents a room...
Translation from Middle to Modern English
Introduction Before learning how to translate a text from Middle to Modern English, let’s have an introduction of Middle English. Middle English was spoken and written in England roughly between the 12th and 15th...
Chaucer’s The Knight’s Tale
The Knight’s Tale Chaucers’s The Knight’s Tale is a story about two brave knights, Palamon and Arcite, competing for love, honour, and fate. Key Facts Title: The Knight’s Tale Authorship: written by Chaucer; first...
Geoffrey Chaucer – Biography
Geoffrey Chaucer Chaucer, I confess, is a rough Diamond; and must first be polish’d e’er he shines. —John Dryden Life and Works Geoffrey Chaucer was born around 1340 into a distinguished commercial family....