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    Canterbury Tales Ranks As One of The Greatest Poetic Works in English

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    Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1342/43-1400) was an English poet best known for his work The Canterbury Tales, considered one of the greatest works of English poetry. He served as a courtier, diplomat, and civil servant under three successive kings, being trusted to aid in the management of public affairs. While holding these positions, his true passion was writing poetry, which is what he is most remembered for today.

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    Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1342/43-1400) was an English poet best known for his work The Canterbury Tales, considered one of the greatest works of English poetry. He served as a courtier, diplomat, and civil servant under three successive kings, being trusted to aid in the management of public affairs. While holding these positions, his true passion was writing poetry, which is what he is most remembered for today.

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    Geoffrey Chaucer, (born c. 1342/43, London?

    , England—died
    October 25, 1400, London), the outstanding English poet before
    Shakespeare and “the first finder of our language.” His The
    Canterbury Tales ranks as one of the greatest poetic works in English.
    He also contributed importantly in the second half of the 14th century
    to the management of public affairs as courtier, diplomat, and civil
    servant. In that career he was trusted and aided by three successive
    kings—Edward III, Richard II, and Henry IV. But it is his avocation—
    the writing of poetry—for which he is remembered.

    Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales


    Geoffrey Chaucer, from the 15th-century Ellesmere manuscript of The Canterbury Tales.
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    TOP QUESTIONS
    What did Geoffrey Chaucer do for a living?
    What is Geoffrey Chaucer known for?
    What is The Canterbury Tales?
    Perhaps the chief characteristics of Chaucer’s works are their variety in
    subject matter, genre, tone, and style and in the complexities
    presented concerning the human pursuit of a sensible existence. Yet
    his writings also consistently reflect an all-
    pervasive humour combined with serious and tolerant consideration
    of important philosophical questions. From his writings Chaucer
    emerges as poet of love, both earthly and divine, whose presentations
    range from lustful cuckoldry to spiritual union with God. Thereby,
    they regularly lead the reader to speculation about man’s relation both
    to his fellows and to his Maker, while simultaneously providing
    delightfully entertaining views of the frailties and follies, as well as the
    nobility, of mankind.

    Forebears And Early Years


    Chaucer’s forebears for at least four generations were middle-class
    English people whose connection with London and the court had
    steadily increased. John Chaucer, his father, was an important London
    vintner and a deputy to the king’s butler; in 1338 he was a member of
    Edward III’s expedition to Antwerp, in Flanders, now part of Belgium,
    and he owned property in Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, and in
    London. He died in 1366 or 1367 at age 53. The name Chaucer is
    derived from the French word chaussier, meaning a maker of
    footwear. The family’s financial success derived from wine and leather.

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