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Chaucer

Marion Turner
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      An acclaimed biography that recreates the cosmopolitan world in which a wine merchant’s son became one of the most celebrated of all English writersGeoffrey Chaucer is often called the father of English literature, but this acclaimed biography reveals him as a great European writer and thinker. Uncovering important new information about Chaucer’s travels, private life, and the circulation of his writings, Marion Turner reconstructs in unprecedented detail the cosmopolitan world of Chaucer’s adventurous life, focusing on the places and spaces that fired his imagination. From the wharves of London to the frescoed chapels of Florence, the book recounts Chaucer’s experiences as a prisoner of war in France, as a father visiting his daughter’s nunnery, as a member of a chaotic Parliament, and as a diplomat in Milan. At the same time, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of Chaucer’s writings. The result is a landmark biography and a fresh account of the extraordinary story of how a wine merchant’s son became the poet of The Canterbury Tales.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Marion Turner EAN: 9780691210155 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 203 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Princeton University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-09-22 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval WIDTH: 133 cm SPINE:

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      England, Biography: writers, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval

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      Marion Turner is professor of English at Jesus College, University of Oxford.
      An acclaimed biography that recreates the cosmopolitan world in which a wine merchant’s son became one of the most celebrated of all English writersGeoffrey Chaucer is often called the father of English literature, but this acclaimed biography reveals him as a great European writer and thinker. Uncovering important new information about Chaucer’s travels, private life, and the circulation of his writings, Marion Turner reconstructs in unprecedented detail the cosmopolitan world of Chaucer’s adventurous life, focusing on the places and spaces that fired his imagination. From the wharves of London to the frescoed chapels of Florence, the book recounts Chaucer’s experiences as a prisoner of war in France, as a father visiting his daughter’s nunnery, as a member of a chaotic Parliament, and as a diplomat in Milan. At the same time, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of Chaucer’s writings. The result is a landmark biography and a fresh account of the extraordinary story of how a wine merchant’s son became the poet of The Canterbury Tales.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Marion Turner EAN: 9780691210155 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 203 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Princeton University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-09-22 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval WIDTH: 133 cm SPINE:

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      England, Biography: writers, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval

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      Marion Turner is professor of English at Jesus College, University of Oxford.

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