The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer : A Critical Biography

Author: Pearsall, Derek

English

Published on 10 November 1994 by John Wiley and Sons Ltd (Blackwell Publishers) as part of 'the Blackwell Critical Biographies' series.

Paperback / softback | 365 pages, 0
229 x 153 x 25 | 624g

This important new critical biography traces in carefully considered detail what is known of Geoffrey Chaucer's personal life while exploring the fascinating relationship between the man of affairs, who made so many 'improvisations and accommodations' to ensure his own survival, and the poet. A major reexamination of England's greatest narrative poet, it is supplemented with reproductions of Chaucer portraits and other illustrations, including maps of medieval England.