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| | Literary Encyclopedia: Geoffrey Chaucer |
 | | Chaucer's early narrative poem Anelida and Arcite, the Knight's Tale and the epic poem, Troilus and Criseyde, all owe a good deal to Boccaccio's Teseida and Il Filocolo respectively, while Petrarch is acknowledged as the source for the story of Griselde in the Clerk's Tale as “Fraunceys Petrak, the lauriat poete”. | | | However, it is misleading to describe Chaucer's poetic development as being a smooth transition from French styles to Italian ones, as Chaucer simultaneously explored other poetic forms, writing the courtly narrative of “Palamoun and Arcite” (now lost) around 1380, which he later revised to become the Knight's Tale in The Canterbury Tales. | | | During his lifetime Chaucer clearly gained and maintained a literary standing and exchanged verse and literary discussions with his contemporaries both in England, such as Gower, and abroad, as indicated by his friendships with the Frenchmen Oton de Granson and Froissart, the famous chronicler. |
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| | Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | Chaucer’s second period (up to c.1387) is called his Italian period because during this time his works were modeled primarily on Dante and Boccaccio. | | | Chaucer’s chief works during this time are the Book of the Duchess, an allegorical lament written in 1369 on the death of Blanche, wife of John of Gaunt, and a partial translation of the Roman de la Rose. | | | To Chaucer’s final period, in which he achieved his fullest artistic power, belongs his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales (written mostly after 1387). |
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| | The Catholic Encyclopedia - Geoffrey Chaucer |
| | The standard recent editions of Chaucer are: (1) "Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Annotated and Accented, with Illustrations of English Life in Chaucer's Time. | | | In the course of them, Chaucer disclaims of his books "thilke that sounen in-to sinne" i.e., those which are consonant with, or sympathetic with sin. | | | Gascoigne tells us that his contemporary, Thomas Chaucer was the poet's son. |
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| | GEOFFREY CHAUCER - LoveToKnow Article on GEOFFREY CHAUCER |
| | We know from Chaucer himself that he translated this poem, and the extant English fragment of 7698 lines was generally assigned to him from I 532, when it was first printed, till its authorship was challenged in the early years of the Chaucer Society. | | | The occurrence of some magnificent lines in Chaucers version, combined with evidence that he did not yet possess the skill to translate at all literally as soon as rhymes had to be considered, accounts for this poem having been dated sometimes earlier than the Book of the Duchesse, and sometimes several years later. | | | While Chaucer thus sought to reproduce both the matter and the style of French poetry in England, be found other materials in popular Latin books. |
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