The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. to Which Are Added, an Essay Upon His Language and Versification, an Introductory Discourse, and Notes. in Four Volumes. (Vol. 5. Containing a Glossary.) [Edited by Thomas Tyrwhitt.] by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. to Which Are Added, an Essay Upon His Language and Versification, an Introductory Discourse, and Notes. in Four Volumes. (Vol. 5. Containing a Glossary.) [Edited by Thomas Tyrwhitt.] by Geoffrey Chaucer

Title: The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. To which are added, an essay upon his language and versification, an introductory discourse, and notes. In four volumes. (Vol. 5. Containing a glossary.) Edited by Thomas Tyrwhitt.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Chaucer, Geoffrey; Tyrwhitt, Thomas F.R.S.; 1822. 5 vol.; 8 . 1465.i.1.

Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London in around 1342, the son of a wine merchant, and his life was spent in royal government service, therefore his career is particularly extensively documented. By 1357, Chaucer had become a page to the bride of Prince Lionel, Edward III's second son, and it was while in the prince's service that Chaucer was ransomed when he was arrested in France in 1359-60. Philippa, Chaucer's wife, whom he married around. Katherine Swynford, the mistress (c. 1365), was her sister. 1370) and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster's third wife (1396), whose first wife Blanche (d.

The Book of the Duchess, Chaucer's ealrist great poem, is dedicated to her. From 1366 and 1378, Chaucer worked as a customs controller on wool in the port of London, although he also traveled overseas on official business, including two visits to Italy in 1372-3 and 1378. The effect of Chaucer's interaction with Italian literature may be felt in the late 1370s and early 1380s poetry he created, such as The House of Fame, The Parliament of Fowls, and a version of The Knight's Tale, and it reaches its pinnacle in Troilus and Criseyde. Chaucer was a member of parliament for Kent in 1386, but he resigned his customs job the following year, while he was appointed Clerk of the King's Works in 1389 (resigning in 1391).

After finishing Troilus and translating Boethius' De consolatione philosophiae into English prose, Chaucer began his Legend of Good Ladies. He worked on his most ambitious effort, The Canterbury Tales, in the 1390s, but it remained unfinished when he died. Chaucer rented a residence in the Westminster Abbey grounds in 1399, but died in 1400 and was buried there.

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Title	The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. to Which Are Added, an Essay Upon His Language and Versification, an Introductory Discourse, and Notes. in Four Volumes. (Vol. 5. Containing a Glossary.) [Edited by Thomas Tyrwhitt.]
Author	Geoffrey Chaucer
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Publisher	British Library, Historical Print Editions
Year published	2011-02-18
Number of pages	372
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