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chaucer
the author
Question | Answer |
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chaucer's dates | 1343-1400 |
The Canterbury Tales | various characters are engaged in a pilgrimage.1380 |
real-life identity | he focuses on English subjects, with bawdy jokes and respected figures often being undercut with humour |
perspective | The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. |
language | Middle English |