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Chaucer's Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury

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Chaucer's Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury

A lively, concise biography of the father of English literature and the tumultuous year that led to The Canterbury Tales
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At the beginning of 1386, Geoffrey Chaucerâ€”lauded today as the father of English literatureâ€”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 yearâ€™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 Chaucerâ€™s journey from personal crisis to rebirth as the immortal poet of The Canterbury Tales.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Books
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Model Illustrated
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2015-10-27
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143127833

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