Author:Geoffrey Chaucer

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Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400)

sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons gallery, quotes. English poet; known as the Father of English literature; widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Works

Stories

• Anelida and Arcite
• The Book of the Duchess
• The Canterbury Tales
• The House of Fame
• The Legend of Good Women
• The Parliament of Fowles
• Troilus and Criseyde

Poetry

• Balade to Rosemounde

Works about Chaucer

• “Chaucer, Geoffrey” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.
• “Chaucer, Geoffrey” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Chaucer, Geoffrey,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.
• "Ye Tombe of Ye Poet Chaucer" (1879) by Edmund Clarence Stedman

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.