Geoffrey Chaucer, an Englishman who lived from about 1343 to 1400, worked mainly as a royal bureaucrat. No records document him receiving any payment or favors specifically for his poetry. As a member of the gentry participating on the margins of the English royal court, Chaucer appears to have written mainly for women. Irony, gynocentrism, and misandry are prominent features of his work. If you hate reading Chaucer, you understanding him well. He has ironically come to be known as the Father of English literature.
Troilus in Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, Boccaccio’s Il Filostrato & Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida: comparative analysis of death-seeking. … Read the post Troilus’s death-seeking: Chaucer vs. Boccaccio & Shakespeare
Comparison of Boccoccio’s Decameron X.5 (Gilberto, Dianora, and Ansaldo) and Chaucer’s The Franklin’s Tale (Arveragus, Dorigen, and Aurelius). … Read the post Boccaccio's Gilberto & Chaucer's Arveragus on wives' affairs
Sparkling amid stories containing the “lover’s gift regained” motif is Decameron VIII.2. It ends in sexual mutuality and happiness. … Read the post critical understanding of "lover’s gift regained" story motif
Chaucer is widely known as the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He should be widely known as a highly proficient bureaucrat. … Read the post COB-80: Chaucer was a bureaucrat
Whether Adam Scrivener refers to Adam Pinkhurst, Adam the first human, or both, Adam Scrivener intermediates and corrupts the author’s communication. … Read the post Chaucer and Adam Scrivener in the communicative division of labor