02807cam a2200373 i 4500 84807 84807 BJBSDDR 20230410132623.0 ta 140428s2014 nyuabf b 001 0beng 9780670026432 (hardback) 0670026433 18131579 DLC spa DLC eng pcc PR 1905 S921c 2014 821/.1 B 23 Strohm, Paul, 1938- Chaucer's Tale : 1386 and the Road to Canterbury / Paul Strohm. New York : Viking, 2014. xv, 284 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 22 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-277) and index. Chaucer's crisis -- A married man -- Aldgate -- The wool men -- In Parliament -- The other Chaucer -- The problem of fame -- Kent and Canterbury -- Laureate Chaucer. " A lively microbiography of Chaucer that tells the story of the tumultuous year that led to the creation of The Canterbury Tales. In 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer endured his worst year, but began his best poem. The father of English literature did not enjoy in his lifetime the literary celebrity that he has today-far from it. The middle-aged Chaucer was living in London, working as a midlevel bureaucrat and sometime poet, until a personal and professional crisis set him down the road leading to The Canterbury Tales. In the politically and economically fraught London of the late fourteenth century, Chaucer was swept up against his will in a series of disastrous events that would ultimately leave him jobless, homeless, separated from his wife, exiled from his city, and isolated in the countryside of Kent-with no more audience to hear the poetry he labored over. At the loneliest time of his life, Chaucer made the revolutionary decision to keep writing, and to write for a national audience, for posterity, and for fame. Brought expertly to life by Paul Strohm, this is the eye-opening story of the birth one of the most celebrated literary creations of the English language"-- Provided by publisher. "A lively microbiography of Geoffrey Chaucer, the "father of English literature", focusing on the surprising and fascinating story of the tumultuous year that led to the creation of the Canterbury Tales"-- Provided by publisher. Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Chaucer, Geoffrey, (ca. 1340-1400) Chaucer, Geoffrey, 1340?-1400 Colecciones de escritos Poets, English Middle English, 1100-1500 Biography. Poetas ingleses 8859 Crítica e interpretación Literatura inglesa 993 Historia y crítica lcc BK dpf 0 0 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 0 PR 1905 S921c 2014 00000121694 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 BK