Geoffrey Chaucer

Author / Editor
Scanlon, Larry.

Title
Geoffrey Chaucer

Published
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100-1500 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009), pp. 165-78.

Description
Scanlon introduces Chaucer as the "most monumental of English poets," summarizes Chaucer's biography, surveys his works and their reception, and comments on the difficulties of dealing with his legacy: especially in CT, Chaucer is "eager to disavow" the authority that critical tradition attributes to him.

Alternative Title
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100-1500.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Chaucer's Life
Canterbury Tales--General