Chaucer: The Life and Times of the First English Poet

by Richard West

Book Overview

'A genuinely fascinating book, the best kind of popular history' Literary Review

This first, and some would say greatest, poet of the English language stands before the gateway of the early modern age.

Chaucer lived at a time when the elite languages of former conquerors, French and Latin, were both giving way to English - no longer just the vernacular of the common people, but increasingly the language of the court, the law, and of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08HW4F3RJ
• ISBN13: 9798685558602
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"