Father Chaucer Father Chaucer
Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture

Father Chaucer

Generating Authority in The Canterbury Tales

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Publisher Description

This volume offers a fresh interpretation of Geoffrey Chaucer both as a poet and as a man. Taking as its starting point the idea of Chaucer as the 'Father of English Poetry', the book explores how the poet's thoughts on paternity and creativity lie at the heart of The Canterbury Tales.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2019
26 September
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
272
Pages
PUBLISHER
OUP Oxford
SELLER
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press
SIZE
2
MB

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