Chaucer, 1340-1400 : The Life and Times of the First English Poet
- Author / Editor
- West, Richard.
Chaucer, 1340-1400 : The Life and Times of the First English Poet
- Published
- New York : Carroll and Graf; London: Constable, 2000.
- Physical Description
- xvii, 302 pp. : 8 b&w illus. .
- Description
- A non-academic biography of Chaucer focusing on his responses to the sociohistorical concerns of the "Black Death, war, class, race, religion and social justice" (p. 256). It reprises a view of Chaucer held in the early twentieth century: genial, conservative, and humane. West comments on Chaucer's major works and emphasizes his Englishness.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Life.