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Context of Chaucer
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Mind Map on Context of Chaucer, created by larnawilford on 07/09/2014.
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Context of Chaucer
Spent time in France
Influenced from French writers and philosophers
Served in the Hundred Years War between England and France
Speak French, Italian and Latin
English Renaissance poetry critic George Puttenham
Said Chaucer to be father of Eng Literature canon
Still stands as one of great shapes of literary narrative and character
Married a powerful woman
Reflected in Wife of Bath
Around 1378 - began to develop vision of Eng poetry
Linguistically accessible to all
1387 - writing Canterbury Tales
Chaucers wife supposedly died in 1387
Lived through tension in English social sphere
Black Death
Political sentiments are unclear
Refrains from political statements
Not to rep Chaucers own sentiments
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