The life of Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1340-1400), often labeled “the father of English poetry,” ought to be an open book: He is mentioned almost 500 times in contemporary records, far more than ...

If you live in the land where Chaucer’s tomb created the Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey, his stature is obviously not in doubt. But I continue to be flummoxed by the relative inconspicuousness of ...

For almost all his life, writing was not Geoffrey Chaucer’s day job. The 14th-century English poet, born a vintner’s son, began work young and changed jobs often. He was first a lackey, then the agent ...

The poet W.H. Auden said that to understand your own country, you ought to have lived in at least two others. As a historian, I've taken a different tack: to show readers what life was like for people ...

Geoffrey Chaucer, often termed the father of English literature, began his career in an Irish household. And, while Chaucer had to work hard to establish English as a literary language in a context in ...

INTO eight monographs, contained in three large and beautifully printed volumes, 1 Professor Lounsbury has gathered the fruits of his long devotion to Chaucer. The modest title, Studies, is no index ...

In 2013, a Prospect magazine profile of the UKIP leader Nigel Farage described the Brexiteer’s party in Chaucerian terms: UKIP is indeed a rag-tag bag...of cussed, contrary, wilful, protesting, ...

(THE CONVERSATION via AP) — Spying is a risky profession. For the 14th-century English undercover agent-turned-poet Geoffrey Chaucer, the dangers – at least to his reputation – continue to surface ...

Leicester University has denied it is dropping literary giant Geoffrey Chaucer for being 'too white' after proposing replacement modules focused on race and gender. Plans have emerged to shelve The ...